Never Turn Back: The Life of Whitewater Pioneer Walt Blackadar
"A triumph!  I couldn't put it down."   --Jerry Dixon, river guide, author, teacher, and Alaska's Christa McAuliffe Fellow from Seward, Alaska"A work of art.  It almost reads like fiction, yet it is all fact."   --Barb Wright, 1967 World Whitewater Champion, Missoula, Montana"Magnificent . . . told with sparkling clarity . . . truly inspirational."  --William Bushnell, Eclectic Book Reviews of the Library Research Associates, New York"Packed with action and real life adventure."  --Diane Donovan,The Bookwatch, Midwest Book Reviews"This is a rare book, intelligently and honestly written, an entertaining and thought-provoking biography of a hero."  --Liam Guilar,Out There, Australia's Premier Outdoor Magazine."Uncommonly well-written and well edited."   --Eric Evans, Writer, Book Critic & National Whitewater Kayak Champion, Putney, Vermont"Watters captures a surprising tenderness and depth to Blackadar.  I guarantee you'll come away from reading this book with a lot of smiles and laughter and a contagious feeling that life is worth living to the fullest."  --Doug Ammons,American Whitewater"Watters has created a book that reads more like a novel than a biography."  --Eugene Buchanan, Editor,Paddler MagazineLos Angeles Daily News givesNever Turn Backtheir highest rating for a book: Four Stars.  "It's the best thing to come across this reviewer's desk in recent memory"  --Brett Pauly,LA Daily News