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River-Horse: the Logbook of a Boat Across America
by Least Heat-Moon, William
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395636264
- ISBN 13
- 9780395636268
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395636264 . First printing with full number line on copyright page. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Blue-gray paper boards quarter bound with green cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Very minor rubbing to bottom edges, otherwise boards are in fine condition. Illustrated dust jacket with white and black lettering on spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar, is not price clipped, and is in fine condition with a touch of mild soiling. Tight binding and clean interior. Includes occasional black-and-white photos and maps. This travel book chronicles the author’s boat trip from New York Harbor to Astoria, Oregon along America’s waterways. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 502 pp; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
The author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth "takes us on a lifetime voyage full of imagery, insight and appreciation." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer In his most ambitious journey ever, William Least Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat named Nikawa ("river horse" in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York Harbor in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. He and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some 5,000 watery miles, often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield incomparable pleasures: generous strangers, landscapes untouched since Sacajawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. Teeming with humanity, humor, and high adventure, River-Horse is an unsentimental and original arteriogram of our nation at the millennium.
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024936
- Title
- River-Horse: the Logbook of a Boat Across America
- Author
- Least Heat-Moon, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395636264
- ISBN 13
- 9780395636268
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston And New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 0395636264, Travel, Adventure, Boat Trip
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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