Book · 2014 · History
Mother of God
An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
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For some reason, I had the audacity to give her a couple of chapters of this book I wanted to write called Mother of God. And I said, 'Would you please take a look?'.
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Mother of God by Paul Rosolie is a vivid memoir chronicling the author's harrowing and transformative adventures deep within the remote, biodiverse wilderness of the Amazon jungle. The book was discussed extensively on the Lex Fridman Podcast by Paul Rosolie himself, who shared captivating behind-the-scenes stories about his writing process and field experiences. Rosolie recounted the tense moment he waited in line to hand Jane Goodall a manila envelope containing two draft chapters, one focusing on an endearing giant anteater named Lulu intended for Mother of God, and another detailing an expedition to capture anacondas on the river. In a separate episode, Rosolie referenced the book again while discussing his hands-on wildlife conservation work, specifically describing a perilous caiman survey where he and a partner wrestled a massive reptile. Through these accounts, the podcast episodes highlighted the raw, immersive nature of Rosolie's field research and his passionate commitment to protecting uncontacted tribes and fragile rainforest ecosystems.
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Paul Rosolie For some reason, I had the audacity to give her a couple of chapters of this book I wanted to write called… 2
“For some reason, I had the audacity to give her a couple of chapters of this book I wanted to write called Mother of God. And I said, 'Would you please take a look?'”
“And then I got my moment and we waited in line and I gave her this manila envelope with two chapters in it. And one chapter was "Lulu the Giant Anteater" for Mother of God, and the other chapter was me, JJ and Pico out on the river catching anacondas, and just talking about how amazing the jungle was. And”
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“and then the Anaconda stories and the everything else, the first book that I wrote.”
“I was just writing chapters of my first book, Mother of God, which didn't even have a name yet. And I had chapters in a Manila envelope”
“In "Mother of God", I write about the first one that me and JJ caught together, which was probably a little bigger than this table.”
“In 'Mother of God', I write about the first one that me and JJ caught together, which was probably a little bigger than this table.”
“So a lot of the stuff that I wrote about in "Mother of God", us jumping on anacondas and trying to catch them, and at first it just seemed like something we were doing to learn, to just try and see them.”
“Oh boy. - the book "Mother of God" with a passage that I think beautifully paints a scene.”
“There's another line in "Mother of God" where I said like, you know, life is just like a temporary moment of stasis and like the churning recycling death march that is the Amazon like.”
“I actually think that it's in "Mother of God" where I said I almost "Into The Wild"ed myself.”