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This is the fascinating history of the river pioneers who designed, built, and used the early river dories and their successive incarnations. Author Roger Fletcher has collected stories, diaries, and photographs and recovered and recorded the lines and plans of these early boats before they were irretrievably lost. With marine artist Sam Manning's drawings, this book documents the traditional free-form method of drift-boat construction.

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9780811702348

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There are two books here: a superbly written and beautifully illustrated history of the evolution of the original McKenzie River drift boat and its variations on the Rogue and Colorado rivers, and a how-to book on building a traditional drift boat and a number of variations. ...The technical half of this extraordinary book preserves an enormous amount of information about design and building techniques essential to drift-boat construction. -- Chris Camuto, Grey's Sporting Journal, February 2008.

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Roger L. Fletcher, an educator, historian, drift boat aficionado, modeler, craftsman, and writer based in Oregon, has pursued his passion for river dories since 1997. He has written articles for WoodenBoat and Ships in Scale. His Web site is www.riverstouch.com.

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