Kayaking Alone

Reviews / Votes

"A fresh look at a river system critical to our history and our future. . . . This is a good book about paddling, and an even better book about the salmon, science and politics up the Columbia."-The Spokesman-Review "Part travelogue, part history lesson, part ecological meditation, Kayaking Alone is the product of a tough but revealing trip."-Idaho Arts Quarterly "This book flows from cover to cover like the rivers traveled within its pages, and the story is never the same for long. Barenti takes readers on a ride deep into the personality of the West, shedding light on the culture of the region every time he eddies out."-Sam Weiss, Paddling Life "Kayaking Alone provides much more than a chronicle of one man's quest to find adventure on a great river system...Barenti weaves conversations with the people he meets, farmers, ranchers, river guides, fisheries biologists, native peoples and dam workers, into a narrative revealing the complex interaction among the economy, the environment and the lives of the inhabitants of the lower Snake and Columbia River."-Stan Miller, OutthereMonthly.com "This book is a good combination of paddling, river history, and the plight of the salmon on the river of the same name."-Cascade Currents