Summary of Candice Millard's The River of Doubt

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#1 Theodore Roosevelt was the main attraction of the Progressive Party’s last major rally of the 1912 presidential campaign. He had been criticized for leaving the Republican Party and running as a third-party candidate, but he hoped that this rally would help swing the vote in his favor.

#2 The crowd for the election was massive. More than a hundred thousand people were swarming the sidewalks and choking the surrounding cobblestone streets. Men and boys nimbly wove their way through the crowd, boldly hawking tickets in plain sight of a hundred uniformed policemen.

#3 In Madison Square Garden, Roosevelt delivered his last great campaign speech. He did not attack his opponents, but instead spoke in broad terms about character, moral strength, compassion, and responsibility.

#4 Roosevelt was a hero, a leader, and an icon to the people in the hall and millions of Americans. But even as he stood on the stage at Madison Square Garden, he knew that in six days, he would lose not only the election but also this bright spotlight.

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