A classic in the Lone Star State, John Graves’ Goodbye to a River is a poignant narrative of one man’s journey by canoe straight down the river of his thoughts. On the way, he details the colorful Tx landscape and recounts its rich history. When Graves learns the river he understood and loved like a youth-the Brazos in north-central Texas-is slated to be dammed at multiple points, he realizes that things won’t end up being the same.