March 23, 1977 News Herald, Santa Rosa, California - By Gulon M. Kovner Change the "quiet desperation" Thoreau applied to most men's lives to quiet determination for William McGinnis. Four years ago, he decided to write a book about whitewater rafting, a sport he had pursued for nine years. McGinnis shot his lanky body up
March 23, 1977 News Herald, Santa Rosa, California - By Gulon M. Kovner Change the "quiet desperation" Thoreau applied to most men's lives to quiet determination for William McGinnis. Four years ago, he decided to write a book about whitewater rafting, a sport he had pursued for nine years. McGinnis shot his lanky body up
October 5, 1975 San Francisco Chronicle - Reviewed by Stanleigh Arnold Whitewater Rafting, by William McGinnis. New York Times Quadrangle 361 pages, Whitewater may seem far removed from desert sand or mountain granite, it its impact on the sensibilities may be remarkably similar. And not only upon the emotions, either -- all these inspire in
June 30, 1975 Oakland Tribune - By Richard Spencer Tribune Staff Writer RICHMOND -- Almost 3,200 miles the Yangtze flows, winding eastward from the Tibetan plateau through the bulk of mainland China before blending with the Huang Hai, the Yellow Sea of the north Pacific Ocean. It is this river that presents the challenge now