A Great Current Running: The U.S.-Russian Lena River Expedition with Lena Reunion

Gusewelle, C. W.

ISBN 10: 0932845665 / ISBN 13: 9780932845665

Published by Lowell Pr, 1994

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Inscribed by C. W. Gusewelle on the half title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Great Current Running: The U.S.-Russian Lena River Expedition with Lena Reunion
• Publisher: Lowell Pr
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0932845665
• ISBN 13: 9780932845665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

In the summer of 1991, the author organized an expedition from the source to the mouth of the longest and most pristine of Siberia's great rivers, the Lena. Eight Americans and four Russians made the 2,700-mile journey to the Arctic Coast.

As they rode the great current north, they met and spoke with coal miners, reindeer herders and people living hard lives in villages huddled on the river's bank

Returning from the Arctic to Moscow on August 18, they woke to the rumble of tanks through the city's streets, and were there to witness and report the failed coup that brought the collapse of the Soviet system.

Thirty-two full color plates capture the adventure on the river and the drama of the historic events at the journey's end.

About the Author

C. W. Gusewelle, award-winning columnist for The Kansas City Star, is the author of nine books. Before beginning his column in 1979, he was The Star's foreign editor and traveled widely in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the former Soviet Union. His essays and short fiction have appeared in many magazines. He received The Paris Review's 1977 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction.