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Buck47	05/03/2008 07:05PM   Kanoes, I have been trying to think of a book or books. I think I might have an idea. Light read, true short stories, and humerous. "Poachers Caught!" Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden, by Tom Chapin Easy read. I like short stories like this. You can put it down at the end of a story. Some novels are hard to put down. Good bok for a solo.
TomT	05/03/2008 07:58PM   I liked "Bush Pilots: Legends of the Old and Bold" a lot. Short stories by pilots out of Ely back in the hayday. Some funny stuff too about busting poachers and a great story about how these guys would get their girl in the plane and fly off to have lunch somewhere. It's really a great read and by Bob Cary as well. Comes with a cd of interviews that Bob did with these old timers over a cup of coffee. Those were the days!
mongo65	05/05/2008 09:12PM   I'll second Canoerone with a Patrick McManus book. I've read a couple and he always make me laugh. I recently read: Father water, Mother woods : essays on fishing and hunting in the North Woods by Gary Paulsen.
kanoes	05/07/2008 08:22PM   just an update. i went with Bush Pilots....its sealed in my gear pack right now. (left the cd at home for weight concerns..hahah) i paddle in monday. thanks again everyone!
dogwoodgirl	05/03/2008 02:10PM   "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson- very funny book about through-hiking the Appalachian Trail. "The Woman Who Married a Bear" by John Straley- first in a series of mystery novels starring a fairly dysfunctional backwoods Alaskan detective. I laughed alot, but then I have a warped sense of humor.
kanoes	05/03/2008 09:08PM   thanks all....this gives me many good options. ill be in the public library on monday. :)
kanoes	05/02/2008 09:57PM   i have a solo coming up. im not a big reader but i need something "light", preferably funny to take along. please give me your best suggestions. thanks! Jan
canoerone	05/03/2008 01:54PM   kanoes, Glad to have you join us. You can look thru some of the previous posts and get a few suggestions. Also, for some "light" reading I list here a few for your consideration: "They Shoot Canoes, Don't They" by Patrick McManus "Northern Lites" by Jack Kraywinkle and "Some of My Best Friends are Fishermen" by John Craig canoerone
snail_darter	05/04/2008 12:02PM   The Final Frontiersman by James Campbell
mongo65	05/08/2008 05:51PM   Have a great trip Kanoes!
kanoes	05/08/2008 07:30PM   thanks mongo....i will. :)