Paddling the Tennessee River: A Voyage on Easy Water Book

Paddling the Tennessee River: a Voyage on Easy Water by Kim Trevathan (Univversity of Tennessee Press 2001)(917.68). Local environmentalist paddles the Tennessee River for over 500 miles from Knoxville to Kentucky by way of TVA lakes through Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky. The author acknowledges that the Tennessee is a "dead" river for much of the trip (apparently as opposed to a "wild and scenic" river which has escaped damming by the Army Corps of Engineers through the date of publication. The author was accompanied only by his dog and received only nominal support logistically from his wife. I live in Knoxville less than a half mile from the river; there is not a tetanus shot big enough to get me in that water. I'm just kidding. Three big shots would probably be sufficient. My rating: 7/10, finished 9/8/2014.