BOOK REPORT—

On the Water, by Nathaniel Stone

Excellent word craft and an even better story of rowing a boat up the Hudson River to Albany, the Erie Canal to Lake Erie, a short portage then rivers like the Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Then, a few million oar strokes more to Key West and, back to the start in NY City’s harbor. Finally, the epilogue; a rowing jaunt out Long Island Sound, and around Cape Cod to that end of the continental US at Eastport, Maine. A truly enthralling read. Bravo!