Ebook: River-horse: a logbook of a boat across america

In his most ambitious journey ever, Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat he named Nikawa ("river horse" in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York Harbor in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. He and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some five thousand watery miles--more than any other crosscountry river traveler has ever managed--often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark.;In River-Horse, the preeminent chronicler of American back roads--who has given us the classics Blue Highways and PrairyErth--recounts his singular voyage on American waters from sea to sea. Along the route, he offers a lyrical and ceaselessly fascinating shipboard perspective on the country's rivers, lakes, canals, and landscapes. Brimming with history, drama, humor, and wisdom, River-Horse belongs in the pantheon of American travel literature.