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The rich history of river life in Kentucky permeates Janice Holt Giles's novel Run Me a River. Set in 1861, at the beginning of Kentucky's reluctant entry into the Civil War, the novel tells the story of a five-day adventure on the Green River. Aboard the Rambler, a ramshackle steamboat, C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giles, Janice Holt
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Steamboats.
FICTION > Historical.
FICTION > General.
Bateaux à vapeur > Kentucky > Green (Riviere) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Steamboats > Kentucky > Green River (River) > Fiction.
Kentucky > Green River (River)
Kentucky.
Green (Kent. : Riviere) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Kentucky > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Green River (Ky. : River) > Fiction.
Kentucky > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
History.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The rich history of river life in Kentucky permeates Janice Holt Giles's novel Run Me a River. Set in 1861, at the beginning of Kentucky's reluctant entry into the Civil War, the novel tells the story of a five-day adventure on the Green River. Aboard the Rambler, a ramshackle steamboat, Captain Bohannon Cartwright and his crew journey 184 miles and pick up two extra passengers along the way. The boatmenrescue ""Sir Henry"" Cole, a former Shakespearean actor, and his granddaughter Phoebe from their skiff when it overruns in a squall. As romance blossoms between Phoebe and Captain Bo, a confl.
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9780813157054

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