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Acknowledgments Wewouldliketothankallthepeoplewhosharedtheircampfire, food,and stories,whichnourishedandinspiredusaswetraveleddowntheriver. SincerestthanksalsotoPamelaDowd,JonathanYork,S.R.Bindler,Laura Weingarten,andespeciallyCherylFerguson,eachofwhomreaddraftsof themanuscriptandofferedvaluableinsightsthatshapedthefinal story.At theLongviewNews-Journal,editorsAnaPecinaWalkerandJuanB.Elizondo turnedusloosetospendaweekexploringtheriver—stillapleasantsurprise— andJuanskillfullyeditedthefour-partseriesthatgaverisetothisbook. Glenn and J. D. Shipp, the owners of Shipp’s Marine in Gladewater, rescuedourfirst tripwhentheyloanedusaboatafterpreviousplansfell through.Inaddition,HenryBotterandDanFergusonaretheproject’sunsung collaborators,droppingusoffupstream,pickingusupdownstream,and drivingmanymilesinbetween. Thisbook,inparticular,isdedicatedtoDannyandMarciaTidwellandto thememoryofEltonWoodall. Ferguson_Book1.indb127 11/1/1310:21AM Ferguson_Book1.indb128 11/1/1310:21AM ...