Reading Water: Lessons from the River (Capital Discovery)

Lawton, Rebecca

ISBN 10: 1931868093 / ISBN 13: 9781931868099

Published by Capital Books, 2002

About this Item

VG hardcover in VG jacket. 2002. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on title page. Pages all clean/unmarked. Mildest of scuffs. Binding solid. Jacket unclipped and clean/solid. Beautiful SIGNED copy. Lawton was among the first women river guides in Cali,Idaho, Utah and Arizona. 198 pp.

Seller Inventory # L09973

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Water: Lessons from the River (Capital Discovery)
• Publisher: Capital Books
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1931868093
• ISBN 13: 9781931868099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In the tradition of America’s strong pioneer women, Rebecca Lawton was one of the first women river guides in the West. For millions of Americans and foreign visitors who have navigated America’s great rivers by raft or boat - and for those who wish they could - this book will help them understand rivers and their impact on the human emotional landscape in a deeper sense. It offers such seekers, not only the thrill rides and vacation destinations of our rivers - but also their rich ecosystems and spiritual wellsprings. As Rebecca Lawton says, "To those who come to know them well, rivers are home." It was the river that taught me instinctive responses, in an unparalleled mentorship that led me throughout the American West every day for more than a decade. Being on the river every day taught me to read water - to psyche out where rocks hid in riffles, find safe passage in inscrutable rapids, and keep moving in flatwater sections." Now, years later, she offers Reading Water and the countless lessons she learned from interpreting rivers and currents, living in the river community, and becoming part of a boater’s subculture.

About the Author

Rebecca Lawton was the first commercially licensed oarswoman on the technically difficult Selway River in Idaho and spent ten of her seasons as one of a handful of original boatwomen rowing Grand Canyon. In her off-seasons, she studied geology with an emphasis on river processes and then worked in environmental consulting. She holds a B.S. in earth sciences from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Mills College. Her work and her river experiences have appeared in numerous publications, including Womensports, Phoenix Sun Times, and Boise Statesman, as well as the book Women and Wilderness and Breaking into the Current. Ms. Lawton has received a number of literary awards for her prose and poetry and been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Her introduction to the natural history of rivers, Streams, will be published by Stackpole in 2002.