"I've been waiting a long time for this rich and engaging novel - the story of a young man's struggle to balance the traditional world of his native Columbia and Klickitat River people against the challenges of life within today's larger community."
"Not only has George Rohrbacher written a moving story about a community I know and love; he offers an unusual glimpse into places rarely written about. The Columbia and Klickitat Rivers and the once mighty Celilo Falls - as well as the salmon and steelhead trout native to those waters - all play honored roles as characters in this important book."
Mary Dodds Schlick, author of Columbia River Basketry, Gift of the Ancestors, Gift of the Earth and Coming To Stay
"You really listened."
Thelma Kuneki, elder Yakama Nation, born at Spearfish on the Columbia River, a site now buried under the concrete of The Dalles Dam
"I have just finished reading the manuscript, devoured every word, and it is delightful! Actually I am ready for a sequel, I didn't want it to end. It is smooth flowing…The plot is gripping enough to hold the most reluctant historian enthralled. All in one document you have touched the present, a sentimental past, and suggested a happy future…"
"I have lived so much of my life on the river, we always had a boat of some sort…and you were able to make me feel the sun on my back and the smells of the water again…"
"…to tell you how tremendous I feel your book is, how capably you tied all the elements together-love, romance, devotion, family pride, crime, suspense, gore, passion, pornography-all on a solid base of history and fact-not an easy task…"
Wilma Roberts, 95, international award-winning photographer and author of Celilo Falls: Remembering Thunder