The Same River Twice: A Boatman's Journey Home Paperback - 2006
by Michael Burke
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In the summer of 1991 Michael Burke, an experienced river guide, embarks on a three-week journey down a series of remote rivers in British Columbia. Leaving behind his pregnant wife, he embraces the perils of a voyage with a companion he barely knows in a raft that may not weather the trip. He attempts to reconcile the shifting fates of his lifeahis transition from river guide to husband, father, and academic. At the same time, he hopes to explore his connection to a distant relative, Sid Barrington, who was a champion aswiftwater pilot of the Northa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As Burke contemplates what he and Sid may have had in common, he meditates on the changing meaning of rivers, and the impossibility of fully recovering the past. In clear and graceful prose, Burke blends Sidas colorful history with his own uncommon journey. He also reflects upon the quick currents of time and the fierce passion he shares with Sid for the life of river running in Alaska and the west. Unlike most river-running books that often describe waterways in the lower forty-eight states, The Same River Twice introduces readers to rough, austere, and unfamiliar rivers in the northern wilderness. Burke has an intimate understanding of these remote, free-flowing rivers. He effectively captures the thrill of moving water, the spirit of rivers and river canyons, and the life of river guides. This insightful memoir brings readers into a confluence of rivers, where past and present merge, revealing the power of wilderness and the truth about changing course.
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- Title The Same River Twice: A Boatman's Journey Home
- Author Michael Burke
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 197
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ
- Date August 28, 2006
- ISBN 9780816525317 / 0816525315
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 6.3 x 0.57 in (22.66 x 16.00 x 1.45 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Geographic Orientation: British Columbia
- Library of Congress subjects Alaska - Description and travel, British Columbia - Description and travel
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006006340
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.980
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