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St. Martin's Griffin
January 2015
On Sale: January 20, 2015
Featuring: Theodore Roosevelt; Kermit Roosevelt
ISBN: 1250053110 EAN: 9781250053114 Kindle: B00F1RE1CU Hardcover / e-Book
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Fiction | Historical
Roosevelt's Beast is a reimagining of Teddy and Kermit Rooseveltβs ill-fated 1914 Amazon expedition: a new novel from the acclaimed Louis Bayard 1914. Brazilβs Rio da DΓΊvida, the River of Doubt. Plagued by hunger and suffering the lingering effects of malaria, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and the other members of the now-ravaged Roosevelt-Rondon scientific expedition are traveling deeper and deeper into the jungle. When Kermit and the Colonel are kidnapped by a mysterious Amazonian tribe, they soon discover the price of their freedom. They must find and kill a ravenous beast β a beast that has never been seen and that leaves no tracks. With his characteristically rich storytelling and a touch of old-fashioned horror, the bestselling and critically acclaimed Louis Bayard turns the well-known story of the Roosevelt-Rondon expedition on its head and anatomizes the demons that can haunt us from birth to death.
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