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After a 1,200 mile solo canoe trip from Grand Portage, Minnesota to Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Jerry Pushcar wanted to see more of North America’s untamed wilderness. Waters Beneath My Feet is the personal memoir of his response: a three-year solo odyssey from New Orleans, Louisiana to Nome, Alaska.His compelling journey…

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I was approached by Jerry Pushcar's brother when he first published this book, and I agreed to take a look, but was skeptical, being as it was self-published. But when I read it, I was blown away.

Not only is the writing beautiful and literary, but the journey is hard to believe: paddling 9,000 miles over three years, from New Orleans, up the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers, along the shore of Lake Superior, over the Grand Portage, across Canada and all the way to Nome, Alaska. If you're wondering what that was like, you'll have to read along.

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