Wes Ferguson's Blog
March 30, 2014
"Running the River" on TV
We made the 10 o'clock news! If it bleeds, it leads!
Find out all about our book in this interview with Joan Hallmark, a reporter for the ABC station in Tyler, Texas. She has been producing a popular weekly segment called "Proud of East Texas" for as long as I've been alive.
http://www.kltv.com/category/240194/n...
Find out all about our book in this interview with Joan Hallmark, a reporter for the ABC station in Tyler, Texas. She has been producing a popular weekly segment called "Proud of East Texas" for as long as I've been alive.
http://www.kltv.com/category/240194/n...
March 20, 2014
Advance praise for Running the River
“Anybody can love a lovely river, but to love the muddy, sluggish, dangerous, corrupted Sabine you have to first understand it. In this highly engaging tribute to an underdog river, Wes Ferguson proves that the places we might not think merit a second glance are the very places that reward our attention the most.” — Stephen Harrigan, The Eye of the Mammoth: Selected Essays
“The Sabine River has been like an artery to my heart for many years, and I felt I knew it, but Wes Ferguson’s new book, which compares favorably to John Graves’s Goodbye to a River, is a shining example of travelogue, history, and a fine piece of Americana, and it taught me I know far less about the Sabine than I thought. I adored this book. It’s a good clean picture of a long, brown snake of a river. I heartily recommend it.” — Joe R Lansdale, The Thicket
“In this rollicking narrative, Wes Ferguson profiles the hard scrabble souls drawn to the Sabine's haunted currents. Ferguson writes with sly humor and a generous heart, bringing this neglected corner of Texas to life.” — Steven L Davis, J. Frank Dobie: A Liberated Mind
“It’s about time the Sabine River got its due. Through Wes Ferguson's witty prose and Jacob Botter's terrific photos, readers will learn some history and meet many of the East Texas “river rats” the duo encountered on their 500-plus-mile adventure. There was a story around every bend and sand bar as their tiny boat snaked its way through the Piney Woods to the Gulf of Mexico. A must read!” — Van Craddock, Longview
“Writer Wes Ferguson and photographer Jacob Botter take us on an adventure that perhaps only an innocent child filled with wonderment might imagine possible. Ferguson's words flow like the water beneath him as he chronicles the Sabine River quest, intertwining science, history and folklore that parallel the human condition of the river culture with what nature presents at each bend in their path. Botter's interpretive documentary photographs reveal essential visual nuance throughout the voyage. They arouse our senses of beauty, sadness and humor.” — O. Rufus Lovett, photographer, educator, author
More information at http://sabineriverbook.com/
“The Sabine River has been like an artery to my heart for many years, and I felt I knew it, but Wes Ferguson’s new book, which compares favorably to John Graves’s Goodbye to a River, is a shining example of travelogue, history, and a fine piece of Americana, and it taught me I know far less about the Sabine than I thought. I adored this book. It’s a good clean picture of a long, brown snake of a river. I heartily recommend it.” — Joe R Lansdale, The Thicket
“In this rollicking narrative, Wes Ferguson profiles the hard scrabble souls drawn to the Sabine's haunted currents. Ferguson writes with sly humor and a generous heart, bringing this neglected corner of Texas to life.” — Steven L Davis, J. Frank Dobie: A Liberated Mind
“It’s about time the Sabine River got its due. Through Wes Ferguson's witty prose and Jacob Botter's terrific photos, readers will learn some history and meet many of the East Texas “river rats” the duo encountered on their 500-plus-mile adventure. There was a story around every bend and sand bar as their tiny boat snaked its way through the Piney Woods to the Gulf of Mexico. A must read!” — Van Craddock, Longview
“Writer Wes Ferguson and photographer Jacob Botter take us on an adventure that perhaps only an innocent child filled with wonderment might imagine possible. Ferguson's words flow like the water beneath him as he chronicles the Sabine River quest, intertwining science, history and folklore that parallel the human condition of the river culture with what nature presents at each bend in their path. Botter's interpretive documentary photographs reveal essential visual nuance throughout the voyage. They arouse our senses of beauty, sadness and humor.” — O. Rufus Lovett, photographer, educator, author
More information at http://sabineriverbook.com/
