by Don Martin
First published 2014
Martin loads his kayak and pushes off into the Brazos River current. He has fourteen days ahead of him on the water. The river carries him through Texas countryside as he follows the path John Graves took decades earlier for his 1960 book. Martin paddles through changing landscapes and weather. He camps along the banks each night. The journey becomes both a physical challenge and a connection to literary history. Each day on the water brings new encounters with the river and its surroundings. Martin discovers what the Brazos reveals to those who take time to truly see it.
Genres: nature, american-fiction, adventure, biography-memoir
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: connection-to-nature, journey
Setting: Brazos River, Texas
Period: 1960s, 2000s
72 pages · Paperback · Blurb