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Informationen zum Autor JOHN LANE is professor emeritus of environmental studies at Wofford College. A 2014 inductee into the South Carolina Academy of Authors, his books include Circling Home , My Paddle to the Sea , and Coyote Settles the South (all Georgia). He is also coeditor of The Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the South (also Georgia), and he has published numerous volumes of poetry, essays, and novels. Coming into Animal Presence is his most recent work. He lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Klappentext Three months after a vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy! John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea. Along the way he encounters a motley cast of characters - perplexed fishermen! catfish cleaners! river rats! and a trio of drug-addled drifters on a lonely boat dock a day's paddle from the sea. Through it all! paddle stroke by paddle stroke! Lane is reminded why life and rivers have always been wedded together. Zusammenfassung Three months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy! Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea. Through it all! paddle stroke by paddle stroke! Lane is reminded why life and rivers have always been wedded.
