Kings of the Yukon by Adam Weymouth Kings of the Yukon (286 pgs, 2018) doesn't come out until May, but I received an early copy to review and plowed through it. Given the subtitle of the book — "One Summer Paddling Across the Far North" — it seems like the narrative would largely be a travelogue. And while that’s certainly part of it — author Adam Waymouth canoes about 2,000 miles down the famed Canadian/Alaskan river — it’s mostly about the Chinook (or "king") salmon, and the people in the villages along the way who rely on that fish for sustenance, both physically and economically.