Drifting into Darien : a personal and natural history of the Altamaha river / Janisse Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Janisse, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kayaking--Georgia--Altamaha River.

Kayaking.

Altamaha River (Ga.)--History.

Altamaha River (Ga.).

Altamaha River (Ga.)--Environmental conditions.

Altamaha River (Ga.)--Description and travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ray's account of her paddle down the length of the Altamaha offers meditations imbued with praise, biting satire, and hope that are based in social and natural history.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

BOOK I: Total Immersion: A Week on the Altamaha River

Invitation (poem)

The First Day

The Second Day

The Third Day

The Fourth Day

The Fifth Day

The Sixth Day

The Seventh Day

The Eighth Day

BOOK II: Elements

Conversion (poem)

Irwin Corbitt Tells Me How to Catch Catfish (poem)

Chapter 1 Endangered Landscape

Chapter 2 River Sticks

Chapter 3 Stewards of the Mysteries of God

Chapter 4 Seeking a Mission

Chapter 5 The Malacologists

Chapter 6 Under the Franklin Tree

Chapter 7 Sandhills

Chapter 8 Blackberry Swamp

Chapter 9 Dreaming Big to Save the Red Bay

Chapter 10 Center of the Known World

Chapter 11 Night Fishing with the Senator

Chapter 12 Black Bear

Chapter 13 Tributary

Chapter 14 Sancho Panza

Chapter 15 Delta

Altamaha River Lands in Conservation

Protect and Preserve Our River

Resources

Members of the Altamaha River Partnership

Bibliography

Gratitude

Acknowledgments of Nancy Marshall, Photographer.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-25295-3

9786613252951

0-8203-4186-X

OCLC:

759036395