Re: [Paddlewise] Book suggestions, please

In a message dated 11/11/1999 10:21:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
seacajun_at_gs.net writes:

<< I must say the Perfect Storm is high on my list of great books. Can't wait
 for the movie!!  >>

Elaine had lent me The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw.  As I began reading I 
saw that it was tied in with The Perfect Storm (Linda is the Captain of the 
Hannah Boden, sister ship of the ill-fated Andrea Gail as related in The 
Perfect Storm).  

I realized that I must be reading things arse-upwards (Elaine is currently 
reading Storm) and was lucky to find Storm which I am now reading, while The 
Hungry Ocean sits on the back burner.

Here are some more:

A Boat in our Baggage: Around the World with a Kayak  by Maria Coffey $13.95 
PB 
"In a year's journey, the pair toured shark-infested waters around the 
Solomon Islands, negotiated bandits and floating bodies along the River 
Ganges, and dodged irate hippos and government spies on Lake Malawi.  This is 
travel writing at its most intrepid."  They traveled in a Feathercraft K2.

Kayaking the Full Moon: A Journey Down the Yellowstone River to the Soul of 
Montana by Steve Chapple.  I read it a while back...He does it in sections 
using different crafts (sometimes yak sometimes raft).  His wife "the 
Brazilian" and their two kids meet him along the way several times. Local and 
Native American Indian lore, and family reminiscences.  $12.00 1993 PB with a 
black stripe which means I picked it up for a pittance at a book outlet.

Then there is Paul Teroux's (big, thick book) The Happy Isles of Oceania.  
Folding Kayak travel. He's very opinionated, and if the "natives" were 
unfriendly he makes no bones about it.  I enjoy his books.

Sandy Kramer who wishes she worked in a bookstore -- but then she wouldn't 
get any work done!  I guess I'd just better wish I could be retired so I can 
have more time to read.

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