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9781885211422

The Gift of Rivers True Stories of Life on the Water

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  • ISBN13:

    9781885211422

  • ISBN10:

    1885211422

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-12
  • Publisher: Travelers' Tales

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Rushing, rolling, flowing — rivers provide the ultimate metaphor for movement. They carve borders, create livelihoods, provoke adventure, and offer healing. From white-knuckle rafting rides to fishing stories to eco-essays, this collection by top authors explores the historical, practical, and spiritual significance of rivers. Contributors to The Gift of Rivers include Isabel Allende, Barry Lopez, Wendell Berry, Jan Morris, William Least Heat-Moon, Richard Bangs, Simon Winchester, and many other distinguished and emerging voices — all celebrating rivers, literally and symbolically. A thoughtful introduction by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass describes the way in which rivers have fueled the imagination and spawned cultures since the beginning of time.

Table of Contents

Introduction xv
Robert Hass
Preface xxviii
Pamela Michael
Part I --- Going with the Flow
Spinning Down the River
3(14)
John Calderazzo
A Room on a River
17(5)
Jan Morris
Northwest Passage
22(9)
David James Duncan
River Rising
31(7)
Wendell Berry
The Amazon Queen
38(9)
Isabel Allende
Vessel of Last Resort
47(13)
Jeffrey Tayler
River of Light
60(12)
Mort Rosenblum
A Gathering of River Rats
72(7)
John Madson
Part II --- Against the Current
Time Bandits
79(17)
Richard Bangs
Grabbing the Loop
96(15)
David Quammen
Yangtze Goddesses
111(6)
Simon Winchester
Rafters in the Mist
117(8)
Germaine W. Shames
Swiss Squeeze
125(10)
Pamela Michael
River and Road
135(8)
Kim Stafford
The Song of the Bio Bio
143(9)
Michael Shapiro
What My Father Told Me
152(13)
Michael Delp
Part III --- Streams of Consciousness
Waiting Out the Platte
165(7)
Cara Blessley
The Magic of the River Soca
172(5)
Dr. Franjo Zdravic
Headwaters
177(11)
Rebecca Lawton
River of Hope
188(9)
Lori Udall
Drought
197(7)
Barry Lopez
River Towns
204(9)
William Least Heat-Moon
Part IV --- Still Water
Baptism
213(9)
Lorian Hemingway
Sacred River
222(13)
Roger Housden
Anchors
235(7)
Ted Leeson
A Step in the River
242(7)
Chris Offutt
Recommended Reading 249(11)
River Organizations 260(6)
Index 266(2)
Index of Contributors 268(1)
Acknowledgments 269

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