Product Description: Biography of America's great river runner, Buzz Holmstrom: the first to run the Green and Colorado Rivers alone in 1937. Born in the coastal logging communities of coastal Oregon, Holmstrom built his own wooden boats and soloed several of the country's great whitewater rivers...read more

Combines excerpts from thirty-five twentieth-century memoirs, including the works of such notables as Russell Baker, James Baldwin, Margaret Mead, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Henry Adams

Product Description: The gist of this book can be summed up in the words of Chinese hermit Shan-chuan: "I have my place in the world. In winter I wear skins. In summer I wear hemp. In spring I plow and plant and have enough to do. In fall I harvest and gather and have enough to eat...read more

Product Description: Book by Marshall, John

Product Description: The Salmon River is a popular destination for whitewater rafting, and is colloquially known as the "River of No Return" for its swift currents that make up stream travel difficult. It has beautiful canyons and the chance to see an abundance of wildlife.