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A collection of 27 tales from river runners and outdoors writers about rafting trips gone wrong. These stories range from the hilarious to the horrifying: men overboard, capsized boats, bear attacks, whirlpools and waves that whiten the hair, and tourist encounters that are even worse. Includes excellent writing from Pete Fromm, John Nichols, Edward Abbey, R.M. Patterson, Craig Childs, Brad Dimock and other well-known outdoors writers. The collection is one-third previously published pieces and two-thirds new material.
Michael Engelhard is an anthropologist and an outdoors instructor. He writes natural history and travel pieces for Northern Lights, Plateau Journal, Wild Earth and other publi-cations. He lives in Moab, Utah.
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Michael Engelhard writes incendiary natural history and travel pieces for Redrock Wilderness, Terra, Plateau Journal, Northern Lights Magazine, and ISLE. His essay collection, Where the Rain Children Sleep, was published in Spring 2004.
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White-water rafting on a wild river: it's a dream adventure for many, but one that few ever experience. This collection of 30 river experiences will please those who have, but it will be especially welcome to the armchair rafter. Some tales are merely "tall," others outrageously outsized, such as the one about the canoe-riding bear, but most recount the real adventures of those who maneuvered the rapids and portaged the gear. And while the title, Hell's Half Mile, is generally used to describe a stretch of the Grand Canyon's portion of the Colorado River, readers also visit Idaho's Selway, Alaska's Kongakut, the Missouri, and others. Each piece is accompanied by a biography of the river guide who wrote it, many of whom have second careers as writers, and all, it's obvious, loved their time spent mostly wet and half-frozen. An interesting and inspiring collection, suitable for libraries where there is an interest in the outdoors. Danise Hoover
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- PublisherBreakaway Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1891369474
- ISBN 13 9781891369476
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
- EditorEngelhard Michael
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