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Canoeing life's river.(OFF TOPIC)

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From: The American Prospect
Date: 20070301
Author:Faux, Jeff

I GREW UP IN AN URBAN WORLD OF CONCRETE AND asphalt. Nature was a few weeds sprouting up from sidewalk cracks in August. Summer camp was for rich kids. So I spent a lot of time dreaming of living in the wilderness, fueled by images from James Fenimore Cooper--the buckskin-clad deerslayer paddling down rivers, hunting, fishing, and fighting bad guys. Most kids saw their first car as a ticket out of the neighborhood. I dreamed of owning a canoe.

It was a long time coming. I spent my first decade as an adult fighting a war on poverty and against a war in Vietnam. Then, burned out ...

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