Title: Drifting : two weeks on the Hudson /
Authors: Freeman, Mike, 1968-
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Freeman, Mike, Travel Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.); Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Description and travel.; Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) Description and travel.
Abstract: A two-week canoe trip down the Hudson offers an opportunity to reflect on America's past, present, and uncertain future.
Contents: Rivers and the river -- Dimensions -- Mountains and wild -- My land, your land -- The maturity of idols -- Tenting tonight -- Quiet is the word -- Where the wild things were -- The country behind -- Portals -- Cogs and wheels -- Pink flamingos -- The gospel of Dean Wormer -- Borders -- The gravity of Greeks -- The shadow -- Still, still water -- O Hudson -- Red/blue -- Imaginarium -- Into the wild frontier -- Conjugal -- Purging Strangelove -- The wolf -- Such high zest -- The wide water -- Loomings.