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Join Us for a Spring Lecture
Date/Time: Monday, April 28th, 2008
at 5:30 p.m.
Location: Buffalo Seminary
205 Bidwell Parkway, Buffalo, NY
Lecture - Book Signing – Reception
Free and Open to the Public
“The River of Doubt”
Presented by Candice Millard
Candice Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine and the author of The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey. Published in 2005, this fascinating historical adventure was a national bestseller and named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, and the Christian Science Monitor.
In 1913 following Theodore Roosevelt’s failed attempt for an unprecedented third term in the White House, he set out on a journey to explore the River of Doubt, an uncharted tributary of the Amazon that winds nearly a thousand miles through the dense Brazilian rain forest. In her lecture, Millard will address the man Roosevelt was at this time of his life; what led him to go on such a dangerous expedition; who he took with him; what they encountered during their river voyage; and finally, the threats facing the Amazon and its people today.
Millard lives in Kansas City with her husband and three children and is currently working on her second book.
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