My Paddle to the Sea: Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas

by John Lane

Book Overview

Three months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy when two fellow rafters die on the flooded Rio Reventaz n, John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea.

Like Huck Finn, Lane sees a river journey as a portal to change, but unlike Twain's character, Lane isn't escaping. He's getting intimate with the river that flows right past his home in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820344206
• ISBN13: 9780820344201
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"