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Acknowledgments We฀would฀like฀to฀thank฀all฀the฀people฀who฀shared฀their฀campfire, food,฀and฀ stories,฀which฀nourished฀and฀inspired฀us฀as฀we฀traveled฀down฀the฀river.฀ ฀ Sincerest฀thanks฀also฀to฀Pamela฀Dowd,฀Jonathan฀York,฀S.฀R.฀Bindler,฀Laura ฀Weingarten,฀and฀especially฀Cheryl฀Ferguson,฀each฀of฀whom฀read฀drafts฀of฀ the฀manuscript฀and฀offered฀valuable฀insights฀that฀shaped฀the฀final story.฀At฀ the฀Longview฀News-Journal,฀editors฀Ana฀Pecina฀Walker฀and฀Juan฀B.฀Elizondo฀ turned฀us฀loose฀to฀spend฀a฀week฀exploring฀the฀river—still฀a฀pleasant฀surprise— and฀Juan฀skillfully฀edited฀the฀four-part฀series฀that฀gave฀rise฀to฀this฀book. ฀ Glenn฀ and฀ J.฀ D.฀ Shipp,฀ the฀ owners฀ of฀ Shipp’s฀ Marine฀ in฀ Gladewater,฀ rescued฀our฀first trip฀when฀they฀loaned฀us฀a฀boat฀after฀previous฀plans฀fell฀ through.฀In฀addition,฀Henry฀Botter฀and฀Dan฀Ferguson฀are฀the฀project’s฀unsung ฀collaborators,฀dropping฀us฀off฀upstream,฀picking฀us฀up฀downstream,฀and฀ driving฀many฀miles฀in฀between. ฀ This฀book,฀in฀particular,฀is฀dedicated฀to฀Danny฀and฀Marcia฀Tidwell฀and฀to฀ the฀memory฀of฀Elton฀Woodall. ฀Ferguson_Book฀1.indb฀฀฀127 11/1/13฀฀฀10:21฀AM ฀Ferguson_Book฀1.indb฀฀฀128 11/1/13฀฀฀10:21฀AM ...

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