The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom (New Edition) - Softcover

Welch, Vince; Conley, Cort; Dimock, Brad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892327074 ISBN 13: 9781892327079

Publisher: Fretwater Press, 2004

Synopsis

Biography of America's great river runner, Buzz Holmstrom: the first to run the Green and Colorado Rivers alone in 1937. Born in the coastal logging communities of coastal Oregon, Holmstrom built his own wooden boats and soloed several of the country's great whitewater rivers. He died mysteriously on the Grande Ronde River at age 37.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This beautifully designed trade paperback is notch bound for years of service both in the library and out on the river.

From the Author:

Three of us collarorated on the book. Each of us has spent two to three decades as whitewater guides, and it was there that we encountered the captivating tale of Buzz Holmstrom. Holmstrom's solo river trips are astonishing, but what raised above other whitewater heroes were his writings. His humility and keen perception of the beauty and power of the river put him in a class all his own.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fretwater Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1892327074
• ISBN 13: 9781892327079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290