The Whitewater Wars is an entertaining and at times funny story about a new outdoor recreation industry's struggle to gain a foothold in Appalachia in the early 1980s. Living close to the edge at times with relatively little money, rafting and kayaking pioneers in river shorts and sandals were seemingly no match against powerful federal agencies in the battles for the Ocoee and Gauley Rivers. They were grossly underestimated. Here is what Marc Hunt,...