Canoeing the Great Plains
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Canoeing the Great Plains

A Missouri River Summer

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Canoeing the Great Plains

A Missouri River Summer

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Tired of an unfulfilling life in Kansas City, Missouri, Patrick Dobson left his job and set off on foot across the Great Plains. After two and a half months, 1, 450 miles, and numerous encounters with the people of the heartland, Dobson arrived in Helena, Montana. He then set a canoe on the Missouri and asked the river to carry him safely back to Kansas City, hoping this enigmatic watercourse would help reconnect him with his life.
In Canoeing the Great Plains, Dobson recounts his journey on the Missouri, the country's longest river. Dobson, a novice canoeist when he begins his trip, faces the Missouri at a time of dangerous flooding and must learn to trust himself to the powerful flows of the river and its stark and serenely beautiful countryside. He meets a cast of characters along the river who assist him both with the mundane tasks of canoeing—portaging around dams and reservoirs and finding campsites—and with his own personal transformation. Mishaps, mistakes, and misadventures plague his trip, but over time the river shifts from being a frightening adversary to a welcome companion.
As the miles float by and the distinctions blur between himself and what he formerly called nature, Dobson comes to grips with his past, his fears, and his life beyond the river.

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Publisher
Bison Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9780803274433
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Prologue
  9. 1. Doomed
  10. 2. Drunkenness, Fear, and Determination
  11. 3. Your Friend, the River
  12. 4. Life Preserver
  13. 5. Carless
  14. 6. Medicine River
  15. 7. A Speck in the Landscape
  16. 8. Spirits of the Dead
  17. 9. Cheap Cigars
  18. 10. Oaths and Vulgarities
  19. 11. Staying in Motion
  20. 12. Owl Headdress
  21. 13. Doris
  22. 14. A Startling Leap
  23. 15. Rather Be Fishing
  24. 16. The Toughest Part
  25. 17. Home but not Home
  26. Epilogue
  27. About Patrick Dobson