{"product_id":"whitewater-home-companion-southeastern-rivers-volume-2-9781634043786","title":"Whitewater Home Companion: Southeastern Rivers, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaugh out loud with this hilarious collection of William Nealy's beloved river maps, together in book form for easy reading!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA celebrated author and cartoonist, William Nealy gained cult-hero status in the outdoor-sports community by blending his passion for the outdoors with his unique style of caricatures. He had a knack for learning-not by doing but by crashing and burning! For years his informative and hilarious cartoon maps of popular canoeing and kayaking streams have delighted whitewater paddlers. Practically collectors' items, these maps are sought by paddlers all over the United States for their relevance and wild insider's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant and uproarious follow-up to \u003ci\u003eWhitewater Home Companion: Southeastern Rivers, Volume I, \u003c\/i\u003e this second volume is a special guidebook to 11 celebrated Southeastern streams in six states. It's special because it provides, in map format, a wealth of information on each of the rivers described--and additionally special because it is embellished throughout with William's nationally renowned art and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam was a phenomenon, unilaterally deciding that whitewater paddlers should have a sense of humor. Now, largely because of him, most of them do. If you have any doubts concerning your own sense of humor, you should read this book just to be on the safe side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured Rivers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppalachia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eChattahoochee, Atlanta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eCumberland, \"Below the Falls\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eCumberland, \"Big South Fork Gorge\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eJames River at Richmond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eMaury River, Goshen Pass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew River Gorge, Revisited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew River, South Fork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ePotomac River, Lower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eShenandoah River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWilson Creek Gorge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam's zany illustrations have been bound and bandaged together in a monumental new collection of books that include cartoons long out of print. \u003ci\u003eWhitewater Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful part of The William Nealy Collection, ideal for anyone who loves to laugh and enjoys the great outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam \"Not Bill\" Nealy\u003c\/b\u003e was a wild, gentle, brilliant artist and creator turned cult hero who wrote 10 books for Menasha Ridge Press from 1982 to 2000. William shared his hard-won \"crash-and-learn\" experiences through humorous hand-drawn cartoons and illustrated river maps that enabled generations to follow in his footsteps. His subjects included paddling, mountain biking, skiing, and inline skating. His hand-drawn, poster-size river maps of the Nantahala, Ocoee, Chattooga, Gauley, Youghiogheny, and several other rivers are still sought after and in use today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He and his wife, Holly Wallace, spent their adult years in a home William built in the woods on the outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, along with an assortment of dogs, lizards, pigs, snakes, turtles, and amphibians. William died in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis longtime friend and publisher, Bob Sehlinger, wrote: \"When William Nealy died in 2001, paddling lost its Poet Laureate, one of its best teachers, and its greatest icon. William was arguably the best-known ambassador of whitewater sport, entertaining and instructing hundreds of thousands of paddlers through his illustrated books, including the classics: \u003ci\u003eWhitewater Home Companion Volumes I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eII, Whitewater Tales of Terror, Kayaks to Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and his best-known work, \u003ci\u003eKayak, \u003c\/i\u003e which combined expert paddling instruction with artful caricatures and parodies of the whitewater community itself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Menasha Ridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555297661202,"sku":"9781634043786","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ce09a00-9e02-4f40-8f5e-0ec9913457b2.jpg?v=1731727459","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whitewater-home-companion-southeastern-rivers-volume-2-9781634043786","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}