Cover -- Contents -- Prologue: In the Beginning, a Silver Streak -- The Pictographs on Lac La Croix: Into the Boundary Waters, 1979 -- Locked In: The Mississippi at Minneapolis, 1981 -- Canoeing the Spirit River: The Rum, 1986 -- Missouri Breaks: The Upper Missouri River, 1993 -- Breaking in the New Canoe: The Kettle River, 1994 -- Canoe Swarms: Back to the Boundary Waters, 1993-94 -- Kids Canoeing: The Crow Wing, 1995 -- Self-Reliance: The Upper Mississippi River, 1997 -- Canoeing the Sandhills: The Niobrara River, 1998 -- Loving It to Death: The Boundary Waters, 1998 -- Burnt Woods River: The Bois Brule of Northern Wisconsin, 1999 -- Paddling with the Alligators: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 2001 -- Mother's Day: The Cannon River, 2002 -- The Eye of the Wolf: Isle Royale National Park, 2003 -- The Clarity of Nellie Lake: Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, 2004 -- Looking for Snakes: The Marias River, Havre, Montana, 2005 -- Abundance: The Upper Iowa River, 2006 -- Sea Caves: Lake Superior, 2007 -- Transition: Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, 2008 -- Nerve-Wracked: The White River of Wisconsin, 2010 -- Wild and Scenic: The Upper St. Croix River, 2011 -- Pursuing the Group of Seven: Algonquin Provincial Park, 2012 -- Chronos and Kairos: The Little Missouri River, 2013 -- Ancient Valley: The Kickapoo River, 2013 -- Urban Adventure: Minnehaha Creek, 2014 -- Father's Day: The Fox River, 2014 -- Draining the Ancient Lake: The Red Lake River of Northwestern Minnesota, 2014 -- What Is the Good Life?: The Au Sable River of Lower Michigan, 2014 -- Acknowledgments.