So he set out to say goodbye and tell all the stories he could along the way. A series of dams had been proposed and Graves was sad thinking of all that would be lost. I just took his, as the author being a Texan, god-given right to blast birds out the beautiful autumn sky when he would have done just fine with fish or goods from the various stores he finds along the way, with a grain of salt If you're not a Texan, you are more than likely to not really understand or appreciate the book. Goodbye to a River is a narrative describing the 3 weeks in November the author spent floating the Brazos in north Texas with his pup. The vicissitudes of the trip, puctuated by the 'passenger' dachshund are great. But the best part of the book, fleeting at times and maddeningly interrupted by various pseudophilosophical diatribes, is just hearing about floating down the river in the capricious time of November in Texas. The subjugation of native Americans is well-portrayed. The book is 'required reading' for anyone interested in a blend of 50's 'progress' in the form of the threatened river and a whole host of tales that, in spite of Graves' conditional idolatry, does not paint a flattering picture of settlers who no doubt loved the land but on their own terms. A three-week trip down the Brazos River, into which is woven a history of the people who have lived along its banks-Indians, settlers, warriors, and wanderers.In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. I'm a 53 year old native of Texas and this work strikes many chords with me. Goodbye to a River - Goodbye to a River audiobook, by John Graves.

Goodbye to a river by john graves