Author David E. Morine
at the West Hartford Public Library
Two Coots in a Canoe: An Unusual Story of Friendship
Globe Pequot Press - ISBN: 0-7627-5459-1 , 320 pages

AUDIO (26 min. 12 sec.):
Intro, Talk, Edited Questions

Recorded before a LIVE AUDIENCE at the Noah Webster Library on Oct. 11, 2009.

Book Summary: In 2003, conservationist David Morine and retired CEO Ramsay Peard paddled down the 400-mile Connecticut River by canoe -- through Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut and out into Long Island Sound.  They were old college friends getting together again. This time, in a 16-foot canoe, during one of the wettest months on record. 

Along the way, they relied on the kindness of strangers, and got an inside look at such issues as the demise of farming, the loss of manufacturing, gay rights, Wal-Mart versus Main Street, and learning some light and dark truths about each other.

It was an experience of a lifetime.

David Morine is a native of Arlington, Mass, and a graduate of Deerfield Academy and Amherst College. During the 70s and 80s he was the head of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy.  He is also the author of six books, including Good Dirt: Confessions of a Conservationist; Vacationland: A Half Century Summering in Maine; and Small Claims: My Little Trials in Life.

Link to publisher's website: http://www.globepequot.com