Goodbye to a River : A Narrative Hardcover John Graves

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Publication Name
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Special Attributes
EX-LIBRARY
ISBN
9780394426907
Book Title
Goodbye to a River : a Narrative
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
8.6 in
Publication Year
1960
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
John Graves
Genre
Travel, Sports & Recreation, History
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Canoeing
Item Weight
17.4 Oz
Item Width
5.9 in
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394426908
ISBN-13
9780394426907
eBay Product ID (ePID)
930598

Product Key Features

Book Title
Goodbye to a River : a Narrative
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Canoeing
Publication Year
1960
Genre
Travel, Sports & Recreation, History
Author
John Graves
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.4 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.9 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"John Graves's writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much." --Larry McMurtry "As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream." -The Atlantic Monthly "Graves' originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere." -The Chicago Sunday Tribune "One of the most pleasing books I've ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape."-Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author ofThe Hidden Life of Dogs From the Trade Paperback edition., "John Graves's writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much." --Larry McMurtry "As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream." -The Atlantic Monthly "Graves' originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere." -The Chicago Sunday Tribune "One of the most pleasing books I've ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape."-Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs, "John Graves's writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much." --Larry McMurtry "As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream." -The Atlantic Monthly "Graves' originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere." -The Chicago Sunday Tribune "One of the most pleasing books I've ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape."-Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author ofThe Hidden Life of Dogs, "John Graves's writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much." --Larry McMurtry "As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream." The Atlantic Monthly "Graves' originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere." The Chicago Sunday Tribune "One of the most pleasing books I've ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape."Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal
917.641
Synopsis
In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River" "is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment. "From the Trade Paperback edition."", In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream's regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river's people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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