Exploring America's Great Loop
Artfully Cruising the Rivers and Canals of North America
James and Jill Iverson recount their year-long Great Loop journey with Jill's sketch journal illustrations woven throughout, making this one of the more visually distinctive Loop memoirs out there.
Most Great Loop memoirs tell their story in words. This one also tells it in pictures. Jill Iverson kept a sketch journal throughout the voyage, and her drawings appear throughout the book alongside James’s writing, giving the whole thing a warmth and texture that sets it apart from the typical trip account.
The Iversons bring genuine curiosity to the communities they pass through, including encounters with Indigenous peoples along the Canadian portion of the route, particularly around Manitoulin Island and the Ojibwe First Nations of Georgian Bay. For readers who want more than marina logs and weather reports, that kind of cultural attention makes the Loop feel like the full journey it is.
Readers with an artistic bent or anyone who has ever kept a travel journal will feel right at home here. It is also a practical testament to doing the Loop as a couple, and the collaborative nature of the book mirrors that well.
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