Threading a Kayak down the Mississippi (eBook)

A Journey through the River's Cultures and Characters

Dennis Van Norman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
240 Seiten
Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-7356-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In 2005, Dennis Van Norman climbed into a kayak for the first time to spend an afternoon ';Huck Finning' down the Mississippi River with his son and grandson. Little did he know that what started as an innocent, eight-mile kayaking introduction would eventually become a passionor an addiction. He spent thirteen years, from his sixties through his mid-seventies, kayaking the length of the Mississippi, bit by bit, traveling more than 2,500 river miles from northern Minnesota to the southern tip of Louisiana in a boat built for one.Threading a Kayak down the Mississippi is the story of how one traveler fully experienced and embraced the Mississippi River and its surroundings. In the vein of Jonathan Rabans Old Glory, Denniss account casts light on the Mississippi River's history, geography, and sociology, but it is a book about more than the river itselfit's also about the individuals and characters living along the Mississippi's shores. From the local foods and music to the customs and history, each experience is sandwiched between moments of pure serenity and those of sheer terror. This is the story of a journey of discovery on the country's most celebrated waterway, and an exploration of the wonderment, joy, and fear that will inevitably grab hold of you when you're sitting alone in a fourteen-foot plastic boat on America's greatest river.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2023
• Vorwort: Don Shelby
• Zusatzinfo: 52 Illustrations including: - 50 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 2 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Adam Elliott • Americana • Augsburg River Semester • Augsburg University • Big Muddy Adventures • cajun diaspora • Clear Waters Outfitting Company • Dagger Blackwater • Dan Meer • Delta Blues • Harriet Island • Henry Crepeau • historic river towns • Huck Finn • Itasca • Joe Underhill • John and LaNae Abnet • kayaking journeys • Kinder’s Restaurant • Lake Pepin • Lake Winnibigoshish • Life on Mississippi • Lower Mississippi River • Lower River • Mark Twain • Michael Coyle • Mile Zero • Mississippi River culture • Natchez Mississippi • outdoor adventure narratives • paddlers • P&H Capella • Personal journeys • Quapaw Canoe Company • Rivergator • Rivergator Celebratory Expedition • travel narratives • travelogues • T.S. Eliot • Twyla Lure • Upper Mississippi River • Upper River • Wilderness Systems Tsunami
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-7356-7 / 1493073567
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-7356-6 / 9781493073566