How to Build a Tin Canoe: Confessions of an Old Salt

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Summary: THIS IS PURE JOY!
Review: GET THIS GLORIOUS BOOK! EVERYONE WILL LOVE IT. FUNNY, BUT ALSO SOME REMARKABLE STORYTELLING, THE LIKES OF WHICH WILL HOLD YOU, AND STAY WITH YOU. YOU WILL LEARN NEW THINGS, AND IT WON'T HURT. EXCEPT FOR SOME YANKEE ENVY, IT IS FLAWLESS.
THIS IS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
WAKE THE KIDS, CALL THE NEIGHBORS, AND GIVE EM EACH A COPY, THEN WAITE FOR THE HUGS AND KISSES.

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Summary: Great Reading, but not mainly canoe
Review: I got this from the library as I am a canoe nut. Turned out more of a continuing "autobiography"(?) in the McManus tradition (THEY SHOOT CANOES. DON'T THEY?)only this is all in the deep south. It is funny, informative and best of all highly irreverant. This guy was corrupted by some of the same forces that did me six decades ago. I am ordering it now for a keeper.

Rating:
Summary: Great Reading, but not mainly canoe
Review: I got this from the library as I am a canoe nut. Turned out more of a continuing "autobiography"(?) in the McManus tradition (THEY SHOOT CANOES. DON'T THEY?)only this is all in the deep south. It is funny, informative and best of all highly irreverant. This guy was corrupted by some of the same forces that did me six decades ago. I am ordering it now for a keeper.

Rating:
Summary: Great Reading, but not mainly canoe
Review: I got this from the library as I am a canoe nut. Turned out more of a continuing "autobiography"(?) in the McManus tradition (THEY SHOOT CANOES. DON'T THEY?)only this is all in the deep south. It is funny, informative and best of all highly irreverant. This guy was corrupted by some of the same forces that did me six decades ago. I am ordering it now for a keeper.

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Summary: Mark Twain with Salt
Review: In this slim but tugid volume, Robb White, heretofor known only to a narrow audience of small-boat nuts, introduces the wide world to his native waters, the Florida Gulf Coast, just like Mark Twain did for his, the Mississippi. This is no idle comparison: Like Twain, he has played with and piloted all kinds of boats upon his waters, met all life's characters there, and kept his eyes wide open all the time. If you think his language can't be as pungent, his characers as rich, his stories as deceptively simple -- well, don't judge till you read him. Then you might agree, Huck Finn ain't got nuthin' on ol' Robb White.

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Summary: Quality, rightness and virtue: the wildman's revenge!
Review: Robb White writes of his wild childhood and wild boating life. And he gets away with it because he's so good! This is candid, uproarious writing of the best sort. It's specific. And you know he knows what he's talking about because he's been there. What a tonic! His work reminds me of Jack Saunders. : ) --A fellow folk writer who hasn't gotten his break yet. Robb's is rough'n'tumble family storytelling, yet it's gentle. It's personal...and it's general. Just the right stuff. More! ...OK, I have to let the cat out of the bag: if you want more, subscribe to the thrifty, friendly little magazine "Messing About In Boats" right now. Robb has been writing biweekly columns for it for years now. What great good times! And fiesty, helpful boating (and living) info, too. (Did you know that Robb is the world's best bass fisherman? He'll tell you why sometime...)

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Summary: Glorious, Joyful,Brilliant Storytelling
Review: You will not want to put it down, and Mr. white will leave you wanting much more! A brillient storyteller with a touch of Mark Twain and Will Rogers, but contempory and better!!!
Share the laughter and joy, give this book to someone, be careful, you may not get it back.
You can not, not like it!