Old Glory - A Voyage down the Mississippi (Paperback, 1st Vintage Departures ed)

The author of Bad Land realizes a lifelong dream as he navigates the waters of the Mississippi River in a spartan sixteen-foot motorboat, producing yet another masterpiece of contemporary American travel writing.  In the course of his voyage, Raban records the mercurial caprices of the river and the astonishingly varied lives of the people who live along its banks.  Whether he is fishing for walleye or hunting coon, discussing theology in Prairie Du Chien or race relations in Memphis, he is an expert observer of the heartyland's estrangement from America's capitals ot power and culture, and its helpless nostalgia for its lost past.  Witty, elegaic, and magnificently erudite, Old Glory is as filled with strong currents as the Mississippi itself.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage departures
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	May 1998
Authors:	Jonathan Raban
Dimensions:	184 x 133 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	409
Edition:	1st Vintage Departures ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-70100-9
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General
LSN:	0-375-70100-1
Barcode:	9780375701009

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