River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson - Hardcover

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The author relates his experiences and observations on a three-week canoe journey down the Hudson River, offering his own perspective on a complex waterway often stereotyped as a river ruined by industrial pollution

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River of Mountains will please nature lovers and history buffs alike. -- Trenton Times

An engaging tale. [Lourie] vividly describes exciting whitewater rides-some hot, some slow-and the joys of crowded paddling, and throughout he provides a historical recounting of the development of the civilization along the river. The many people he met along the way, including loggers, fishermen, guides, barge pilots, and a squatter, add to the richness of his tale. -- Library Journal

Peter Lourie's River of Mountains is a log of the author's three-week canoe trip down the Hudson River. He takes us from pristine Lake Tear of the Clouds on Mount Marcy's shoulder in the high Adirondacks to the briny waters off the Battery at the lower end of Manhattan Island. Lourie's adventures here in our home state are every bit as exciting and informative as those popular television travelogues about exotic countries. -- Buffalo News

Peter Lourie's magnificent adventure captured me immediately. I can identify with the desire to paddle an entire concourse, to achieve a sort of canoeing closure....wonderful and informative book. -- Adirondac

The story [Lourie] tells is an interesting mixture of his struggle with the power of the river and the obstacles in his path, juxtaposed with snippets of history and the people who helped him along the way. -- New York History

You don't have to be a canoe buff to want to read River of Mountains. This book is for you if you've ever zipped over a river, eyes flicking from the dullness of the road to the inviting shininess below, wondering where the water would take you if only you could let it. Peter Lourie can tell you. -- Vermont Woodlands

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  • PublisherSyracuse Univ Pr
  • Publication date1995
  • ISBN 10 0815603150
  • ISBN 13 9780815603153
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages327
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