For the Love of a River: The Minnesota by Darby Nelson   published 2019    248 pages  

https://www.amazon.com/Love-River-Minnesota-Darby-Nelson/dp/1643439170

Mostly of interest to people who live or paddle in the Midwest.  

Lots of great paddling quotes:

” Gradually, I come to the realization that my search for the very beginning of the Minnesota River, or any river, is misguided. A river is less a specific place, a single geographical location, so much as it is a gathering of myriad contributors that give and sustain the life of a river. Every drib or driblet brings coherence to the flow, becomes the flow.”

Bill Mason “For those who travel {rivers} by canoe, they become living things that speak to the soul”