River-Horse: A Voyage Across America - Softcover

Least Heat Moon, William.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965074846 ISBN 13: 9780965074841

Publisher: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON 1999, 1999

Synopsis

In his most ambitious journey ever, William Least Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat named Nikawa ("river horse" in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York Harbor in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. He and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some 5,000 watery miles, often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield incomparable pleasures: generous strangers, landscapes untouched since Sacajawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. Teeming with humanity, humor, and high adventure, River-Horse is an unsentimental and original arteriogram of our nation at the millennium.

About this edition

• Publisher: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON 1999
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0965074846
• ISBN 13: 9780965074841
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 506