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==Part 1==
==Part 1==
===Chapters 1-3===
===Chapters 1-3===
The book opens up in October with graves trying to personify the river. He gives us some facts like since WWII the governments already put it two dams and 5 more are scheduled to go in soon. He then gives his two cents on how we should embrace the good old days but he then concedes progress in inevitable. He's a bit [[Taoist]] if you ask me.
The book opens up in October with graves trying to personify the river. He gives us some facts like since WWII the governments already put it two dams and 5 more are scheduled to go in soon. He then gives his two cents on how we should embrace the good old days but he then concedes progress in inevitable. He's a bit [[Taoism|Taoist]] if you ask me.
Chapter two starts with him coming back to west Texas then after BSing with an old merchant Graves and his best childhood friend Hale drive up to the new Possum Kingdom dam where they take his canoe and all his gear down by the river. Hale heads back to the wife, kids, and work while Graves meanders down the river with his only companion a dachshund puppy. He stops for the night and camps out along the back reminiscing and worrying that all the rain will make the river too high.
Chapter two starts with him coming back to west Texas then after BSing with an old merchant Graves and his best childhood friend Hale drive up to the new Possum Kingdom dam where they take his canoe and all his gear down by the river. Hale heads back to the wife, kids, and work while Graves meanders down the river with his only companion a dachshund puppy. He stops for the night and camps out along the back reminiscing and worrying that all the rain will make the river too high.
The third chapter is a short stint all about history. The original Spanish explorers named it the "Arms of God". The Comanches were nomadic but roamed and owned the whole area. They were then compared to the [[Directory:Huns|Huns]], [[Directory:Visigoths|Visigoths]] and others. You know outside nomads vs. the Romans (this time whites and Spaniards.
The third chapter is a short stint all about history. The original Spanish explorers named it the "Arms of God". The Comanches were nomadic but roamed and owned the whole area. They were then compared to the [[Directory:Huns|Huns]], [[Directory:Visigoths|Visigoths]] and others. You know outside nomads vs. the Romans (this time whites and Spaniards.
===Chapter 4===
===Chapter 4===