Written in an engaging, conversational style, Rivers Revealed combines the author's lifelong love of America's waterways with practical and historic information gathered from his three decades as a professional riverlorian for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company in New Orleans. A modern-day Huck Finn, Jerry Hay spins yarns laced with personal anecdotes on such topics as navigating 500 miles of the Wabash River, the trials and tribulations of building a sternwheeler, "reading" the river, how to plan your own river adventure, a hair-raising but humorous river rescue, an unforgettable goose named Gilligan, the language of the rivers and riverboats, early to present-day river navigation, and much, much more. A book for all who love Mark Twain, these river adventures will entertain the landlubber and engage the boating enthusiast.
| ISBN: | 9780253218759 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2007 |
| Author: | Jerry M. Hay |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 328 pages |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Humour collections and anthologies Boating: Sport and leisure |