Journey on the James: Three Weeks through the Heart of Virginia

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Summary: I love it!
Review: I love the book and love Swift's writing.
Can't get enough of his writing in our local paper.
We learned so much about a river we never thought much about. It is a very interesting and exciting book. When my freind returns it, I'm also going to read it again. Great writing about outdoor Virginia.

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Summary: once was enough
Review: I read about the journey when it came out in the newspaper and was interested to see how the book would be. The addition of more of the so-called "adventure" is not very interesting and comes across as filler. The story worked best as a shorter newspaper series.

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Summary: an ego trip, not a canoe trip
Review: The author comes acros as egotistical. Most readers, other than his family and friends, probably won't care about his opinions and the personal details of his trip. When telling us of the people he encounters who work, live and play along the rivers banks, he displays a superior attitude (the educated reporter meets us uneducated local yokels)