I bought ($10) a hardcover copy of " River Horse" and have read it and would like to pass it on to another CD fan. It is in nearly like new condition and has photos and maps of the author's journey from the Atlantic Ocean across the US to the Pacific Ocean in a CD-22. It's a lot of fun. I will ship it to the next reader for $10 including shipping. PM me or reply if you're interested.
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I also bought "River Horse" a few weeks ago - used, in hardcover and in excellent condition from an Amazon supplier for $0.01 plus $3.99 shipping. William Least-Heat Moon does a good job describing the trip by 22' C-dory from New York City to Astoria, Oregon, although the book gets tedious and Moon's writing is a tad English Majory. If you want to know what a trip like that is like, this book does cover it. His "Blue Highways" I liked better. BTW, a great book about a trip many of you have taken is "Passage to Juneau" by Jonathan Raban, in which he describes a trip from Seattle to Juneau; I enjoyed his material on Captain Vancouver, especially.
Check Amazon for used books if you have a title you want to check out. I don't know what the business model is for the suppliers selling used books through Amazon, but the books sell for pennies plus $3.99 shipping.
Apologies to Alexander.
Check Amazon for used books if you have a title you want to check out. I don't know what the business model is for the suppliers selling used books through Amazon, but the books sell for pennies plus $3.99 shipping.
Apologies to Alexander.
I read this book. It seems to me like the author was getting paid by the word (or perhaps the syllable).
I was hoping for a book that told how he managed a long voyage in a C-Dory (i.e. what worked, how he prepared, how to avoid issues, etc.), basically how to survive on a C-Dory for a long time. While this book is an interesting travelog of crossing the US by boat with a fair bit of historical information thrown in, it really doesn't have much to do with C-Dory boats. There are a few mentions of advantages of this particular boat, but there are also a fair number of mentions of the drawbacks of this model. There are large portions of the trip where the type of boat used is inconsequential and segments where a different kind of boat entirely was used.
Most of the main participants (people and equipment) seem to be purposely anonymized in order to focus attention on history of the rivers and lands that are traveled on/through and what the author thought of it all.
I'm not saying that it is necessarily a bad book, just that the story was different from what I was expecting.
I was hoping for a book that told how he managed a long voyage in a C-Dory (i.e. what worked, how he prepared, how to avoid issues, etc.), basically how to survive on a C-Dory for a long time. While this book is an interesting travelog of crossing the US by boat with a fair bit of historical information thrown in, it really doesn't have much to do with C-Dory boats. There are a few mentions of advantages of this particular boat, but there are also a fair number of mentions of the drawbacks of this model. There are large portions of the trip where the type of boat used is inconsequential and segments where a different kind of boat entirely was used.
Most of the main participants (people and equipment) seem to be purposely anonymized in order to focus attention on history of the rivers and lands that are traveled on/through and what the author thought of it all.
I'm not saying that it is necessarily a bad book, just that the story was different from what I was expecting.
A couple of our sailing friends got us an autographed copy of River Horse, and had the factory put it in our boat when we picked it up. Nice surprise!
If you are making room for the book on your boat, make room for a dictionary, too. :wink:
If you want to know about traveling the rivers, waterways, and coastal waters of the US and Canada, the C-Brats is the best place, especially for C-Dory specific content! :thup Add in Bill & El's website, and you are good to go!.
Best wishes,
Jim B.
If you are making room for the book on your boat, make room for a dictionary, too. :wink:
If you want to know about traveling the rivers, waterways, and coastal waters of the US and Canada, the C-Brats is the best place, especially for C-Dory specific content! :thup Add in Bill & El's website, and you are good to go!.
Best wishes,
Jim B.
Pat Anderson
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River Horse is the most tedious book I have ever opened, with a flatulent writing style designed to show you how much better William's vocabulary is than yours. This is a big thumbs down by me.
Some things to keep in mind for prospective readers:
River Horse is not a book about boating.
River Horse is not a book about C-Dorys.
River Horse is not a conventional travel book.
I found it to be a beautifully written personal tale of a transcontinental journey by water - written by a man who has made his living as an English professor and writer. As you can see by reading the other comments, River Horse isn't everyone's cup of tea. Then again, Tom Clancy doesn't do anything for me.
If you're looking for a book about boating, or about C-Dorys, or a conventional travelogue, you might be disappointed.
On the other hand, River Horse worked for me. It's one of my all time favorite books. I loved it. And it even has a C-Dory in it! YMMV.
River Horse is not a book about boating.
River Horse is not a book about C-Dorys.
River Horse is not a conventional travel book.
I found it to be a beautifully written personal tale of a transcontinental journey by water - written by a man who has made his living as an English professor and writer. As you can see by reading the other comments, River Horse isn't everyone's cup of tea. Then again, Tom Clancy doesn't do anything for me.
If you're looking for a book about boating, or about C-Dorys, or a conventional travelogue, you might be disappointed.
On the other hand, River Horse worked for me. It's one of my all time favorite books. I loved it. And it even has a C-Dory in it! YMMV.
DuckDogTitus
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After seeing these comments I had to read some of it to get a grasp of the language issues. I can see why some people might not enjoy his style of writing. Personally, I think reading his work is like reading a painting. So far it seems as though he has a particular creative talent with words. His story telling, eh, we will see.
I'm with Pat on this one. Two thumbs down! I struggled through a couple of chapters and that was more than enough for me.
I found it especially insulting that he never even had the common courtesy (or maybe he was simply arrogant) to give his companion's name, just some stupid nickname "Pilotus" or something like that. The book was just plain awful.
I found it especially insulting that he never even had the common courtesy (or maybe he was simply arrogant) to give his companion's name, just some stupid nickname "Pilotus" or something like that. The book was just plain awful.
"I found it especially insulting that he never even had the common courtesy (or maybe he was simply arrogant) to give his companion's name, just some stupid nickname "Pilotus" or something like that."
Sorry you were offended. The author explained about Pilotus in the forward.
Sorry you were offended. The author explained about Pilotus in the forward.
Wandering Sagebrush
Free Range Human
Pat Anderson":18ks2lup said:
It's clear you've never read "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler. My organic chemistry text, a class that I hated, was less boring.
I wasn't offended, but I would have been had I been the guy sitting there beside him helping make his journey possible. I just found the author snobby and arrogant, that's all.
Pat is right, you need a dictionary beside you when you try to read the book. I got tired of looking up every other word.
Pat is right, you need a dictionary beside you when you try to read the book. I got tired of looking up every other word.
Hello,
I also found the book somewhat hard to read, but once I commit to a book I always finish it. I am sorry it took me so long. I could only get through a few pages at a time. I will forward on to anyone who wants to read it. Please PM with address.
Erma The Lady in NC!!
I also found the book somewhat hard to read, but once I commit to a book I always finish it. I am sorry it took me so long. I could only get through a few pages at a time. I will forward on to anyone who wants to read it. Please PM with address.
Erma The Lady in NC!!
RogerJuntunen
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I'm with Pat Anderson on this one. In my opinion, the author was never comfortable on the water, and was in almost constant disharmony with the environment. I think he is a city slicker out to make money by writing a book on a subject he knew little about. There are many great books out there, but this isn't one of them.