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Pioneer Paddles of the Colonial South

by William Auman

A time-traveling odyssey through remaining colonial wilderness in six states, complete with pirates, epic frontiersmen, Indigenous Peoples and Revolutionary War battles.

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Explore family-friendly adventure as you paddle through history!  

Award-winning novelist William Auman takes the reader into a time-traveling odyssey of paddling experiences throughout remaining colonial-era wilderness in six states, complete with historical anecdotes that encompass epic frontiersmen, pirates, Revolutionary War battles and the plight of Indigenous Peoples.

The author of “If Trees Could Testify…” and “Pioneer Paddling Colonial Carolina,” Auman has chronicled 345 family-friendly bodies of water that await adventurous souls with a spirit of discovery. Paddle the ancient lands of the Timucua along Florida’s first coast, the Tocobaga along the nature coast and the Calusa from the Everglades through the Keys, complete with stories of days gone by to add context to your journey. Visit 2,000+ year-old bald cypress trees in the swamps of North Carolina before you paddle across Teach’s Hole, the grave of Blackbeard the pirate. Search for musket balls and fossils amidst coastal colonial forts in Georgia and South Carolina before paddling around the ghost fleet in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, then turn west to explore the mountain waters of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett in eastern Tennessee. Let your paddle steer your way through the portal of time and into the realm of history!

Book Details:

• Genre: Narrative Nonfiction, Colonial History, Outdoors, Travel, Adventure
• Format: Paperback, eBook