When Teddy Roosevelt went to the Amazon
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jinny Amundson, one of the owners of Old Fox Books in Annapolis, Md.Jinny Amundson loves "that great armchair adventure type of novel."And it's even better when the story is true.That's the case with her latest recommendation: Candice Millard's "The River of Doubt."It offers a nonfiction account of Theodore Roosevelt's trip through the Amazon. He took up the task after he lost the election, and after he was shot — "when he was looking for another…
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