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My reach : a Hudson River memoir /

In this memoir of the Hudson River and of her family, Susan Fox Rogers writes from a fresh perspective: the seat of her kayak. Low in the water, she explores the bays and the larger estuary, riding the tides, marveling over sturgeons and eels, eagles and herons, and spotting the remains of the ice a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Susan Fox (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note to the Reader
  • 1. What Lingers
  • 2. My Reach
  • 3. Swimming the Hudson
  • 4. Courage
  • 5. Home
  • 6. A Life in a Boat
  • 7. The Lost Dunes of Childhood
  • 8. The Speed of Wind and Water
  • 9. I'm Glad You Are Here
  • 10. The Long Loneliness
  • 11. Solace
  • 12. Learning the River
  • 13. If You Are Lucky
  • 14. Fishing
  • 15. Circling the City
  • 16. Nubian Goats
  • 17. Sturgeon Moon
  • 18. Sitting by the River
  • 19. Golden Club
  • 20. Grave Sites
  • 21. Summer Solstice
  • 22. Love for a River
  • Books Consulted
  • Acknowledgments.