Downstream

Tom Fort

ISBN 10: 0099505665 / ISBN 13: 9780099505662

Published by Arrow, 2009

About this Item

Downstream | Tom Fort | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2009 | Arrow | EAN 9780099505662 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Downstream
• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099505665
• ISBN 13: 9780099505662
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 198W x 129H x 20D millimeters 198 millimeters width by 129 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 404 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Downstream is a celebration of rivers â an appreciation of what they mean to us and what we owe to them. Tom Fort explores the historical, geographical, social and industrial aspects of Englandâ s Trent River in the unsung heart of Middle England.


From the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap

‘The river had been unlike any road or path. On it, I had been absorbed into the landscape. I had felt and heard the life of the water as I followed its surprises. By confining me within its banks it had freed me from my attachment to the unmoving earth and made me a different spirit. And all this way it had managed to hold onto its own spontaneity, the sense of not being answerable to any master, wandering as it would.’

Downstream is a celebration of rivers: an exploration of what they mean to us and in turn, what we owe to them. Travelling partly on foot and bicycle, but chiefly in a plywood fifteen foot punt, Tom Fort followed the course of Britain’s third largest – and one of our least known rivers– the River Trent, from source to the sea. Journeying through the unsung heart of Middle England, his journey showed him the unseen face of his own country, all the while teaching him about the land and moving water, its mysteries and magic.

Rivers are special to us and the landscape we inhabit, shaping and defining our world. They give us power and nourishment. They were the first highways: routes for conquest and flight and over time, they have acted as both barriers and connections. Rivers stir the imagination and reach into our souls.

This is an exploration into the historical, geographical, social, cultural and industrial aspects of a river filled with the curiosities, forgotten characters and departed ways.