Run Me a River / Janice Holt Giles ; with a foreword by Morris A. Grubbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giles, Janice Holt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steamboats--Fiction.

Steamboats.

Green River (Ky.)--Fiction.

Green River (Ky.).

Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.

Kentucky.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rich history of river life in Kentucky permeates Janice Holt Giles's novel Run Me a River. Set in 1861, at the beginning of Kentucky's reluctant entry into the Civil War, the novel tells the story of a five-day adventure on the Green River. Aboard the Rambler, a ramshackle steamboat, Captain Bohannon Cartwright and his crew journey 184 miles and pick up two extra passengers along the way. The boatmenrescue ""Sir Henry"" Cole, a former Shakespearean actor, and his granddaughter Phoebe from their skiff when it overruns in a squall. As romance blossoms between Phoebe and Captain Bo, a confl

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; FOREWORD; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10; CHAPTER 11; CHAPTER 12; CHAPTER 13; CHAPTER 14; CHAPTER 15; CHAPTER 16; CHAPTER 17; CHAPTER 18; CHAPTER 19; CHAPTER 20; CHAPTER 21

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9070-3

0-8131-8943-8

0-8131-5705-6

OCLC:

903959808