Writer John McPhee was at ease in a canoe, Brad Snow was at ease with him

Brad Snow in a canoe looking very relaxed and free, living along the Yukon River in Alaska. Snow appeared in John McPhee’s 1977 book “Coming into the Country.” (Photo courtesy Brad Snow and Lilly Allen/UAF Project Jukebox)
Brad Snow was 26 years old when he left Anchorage to start a life with his girlfriend, Lilly Allen, near the Yukon River. The couple is featured in John McPhee’s book “Coming into the Country,” published 40 years ago.
Snow and Allen built a