Kennon, Tom

Tom Kennon began paddling in 1974 and wrote his first book in 1978, "Arkansas Whitewater Rivers," after gathering information about rivers in Arkansas due to the lack of information about paddling in the area. In 1988 "Ozark Whitewater" expanded the original book to a more comprehensive description of rivers in the Ozarks. He lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas and is still an active paddler and ACA canoe instructor closely associated with the Arkansas Canoe Club.