tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post3400220634810543577..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Through the Brazilian WildernessJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-59410098056807601362010-10-21T16:02:30.340+03:002010-10-21T16:02:30.340+03:00Robert, I enjoyed River of Doubt as well. I know ...Robert, I enjoyed River of Doubt as well. I know this is history light, but it was a heck of an adventure story.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-38206729404742575102010-10-21T00:51:27.008+03:002010-10-21T00:51:27.008+03:00A companion book to either the Cooper book and mor...A companion book to either the Cooper book and more particularly the Morris book is Joseph GARDNERS' DEPARTING GLORY, covering 1909 to 1919--part of the thesis is that TR got more radical than ever after his presidency--defying the usual tendency of older people to become more conservative in their aging process. I remember it to be an interesting study.robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-65158747176227252802010-10-21T00:39:20.582+03:002010-10-21T00:39:20.582+03:00I read RIVER OF DOUBT way bak in hard cover and it...I read RIVER OF DOUBT way bak in hard cover and it was one of the best TR books out then.robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-80099931408594023682010-10-17T13:24:13.698+03:002010-10-17T13:24:13.698+03:00Great subject, it just wasn't a very good book...Great subject, it just wasn't a very good book. There is this tendency to romanticize Roosevelt, as we saw in Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior. Morris obviously has great respect for the man, but points out his many shortcomings as well, especially in his latter years.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-72828705662744993462010-10-17T06:29:56.413+03:002010-10-17T06:29:56.413+03:00I remember that we read the earlier book in the ol...I remember that we read the earlier book in the old forum. And a good read it was, too!Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.com