Week 3: #3 Conversation #3

That sounds like an extraordinary story about Roosevelt and I would say you like biographical accounts of historical figures and life on the edge kind of stories.  David McCullough is always a good pick for biographical novels but if you are looking for the life on the edge stories try Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air which is about the devastation of a Mount Everest climb by Karakauer and his fellow climbers.  Try Alfred Lansing's Endurance:  Shackleton's Incredible Voyage about the 1914 Antarctic Expedition.  I think these will offer you a bit of biography and adventure.