Goodbye to a River: A Narrative by John Graves

Goodbye to a River: A Narrative Reviews

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  John P. Jones III

  An astonishing book, by an extraordinary writer, and importantly, an extraordinary human being. The book assumes the form of a narrative of the author's three week solo canoe trip down the Brazos, a river about one hour by speeding car west of Ft. Worth, Texas; the
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  Sue Vance

  Among best books ever written about Texas.
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  Denise

  Bought for my daughter. She has been raised on the river and was familiar with places in the book. She liked it. Said it was a little hard to read because it is an older book
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  Kismytl

  My mom requested this book for a Mother’s Day gift. She totally loved it. She visited the same river with her father many times, so it brought back a lot of happy memories for her.
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  goodreads Customer

  Outdated a little bit for the 21st century. The meandering, run on style of Graves wears on you after a while.
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  CK

  (Please note, I am a male posting this review through the account that I share with my wife.) I grew up in Texas and was very familiar with much of the land and lore, but went off to the Army in 1966 and, with the exception of two years at the University of Houston,
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  Pithy Aphorism

  I grew up seeing this book laying around for most of my life. My father and I completed several trips on the Brazos in my youth, and I’m familiar with many of the locations described, even vaguely. When my father passed away, I endeavored to read it, but couldn’t make it
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  Howard

  I lived in Texas for 8 years and have seen the Brazos and the alligators and armadillos on its banks (although the Brazos that I saw was the section close to its mouth to the gulf and not the part that's described in this book). I have left Texas for a while now. On a