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The Lonely
Paddler
of
the Missouri
A novel by Jerry Lemonds
Riding the
whitewater in a fragile canoe: It's a matter of life and death. One
false move with your paddle, and you drown.
Fast.
But Jim Clark -
ex-college football star and struggling freelance magazine writer -
doesn't intend to make any false moves. Why not? It's simple: He knows
he can't afford them. Not on this assignment. Not with more than 2,500
miles of surging Missouri River boiling beneath his paddle...and not
with a couple of rifle-toting assassins on his trail.
Clark's amazing
quest: To paddle the entire 2,540-mile length of the Mighty Missouri
(it's never been done before) in order to claim the $100,000 prize
being offered to anyone who can accomplish the feat...by the nation's
largest and most read outdoor magazine.
Better buckle up
reader. There's going to be some major turbulence up ahead.
Also check
out two other books by Jerry Lemonds,
Timer
and
The Delta Lovers
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JERRY
(TIMER) LEMONDS
He's a hiker, a
camper, and a lifelong canoeing enthusiast. He's also a nationally
recognized author who's published several recent books that celebrate
the joys of all three pursuits.
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After completing
his 2003 autobiography (Timer: An
American Story), the peripatetic
Jerry Lemonds would go on to write two high-octane novels about his
remarkable experiences as a long-distance canoe-pilot
(The
Lonely Paddler of the Missouri) and as a U.S. Navy airman during the
Korean War era (The Delta Lovers).
Born
and raised on
a cotton farm in small-town Missouri, Jerry Lemonds put himself through
college and earned two graduate degrees . . . before spending the next
35 years running a series of federal and state
health and workers' compensation agencies. Working in more recent years as a successful
management consultant and as a guide in the national "Volunteers In
Parks" program, the adventure-loving Lemonds frequently wanders the
country in his RV, and has so far visited 16 National Parks.
Book
excerpts now available online for browsing in PDF
format:
Lonely
Paddler excerpt 1
Lonely
Paddler excerpt 2
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