Nine ways to cross a river
Subtitle: midstream reflections on swimming and getting there from here
By: Akiko Busch
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781596910454
Subjects: Swimming; Philosophy; Rivers
Description: Akiko Busch chronicles her efforts to swim across eight of America's great waterways, sharing what she learned about each of the rivers, and herself, in her quest.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The Hudson River, August 29, 2001; title: The Delaware River, September 8, 2002; title: The Connecticut River, August 31, 2003; title: The Susquehanna River, July 21, 2004; title: The Hudson River, September 5, 2004; title: The Monongahela and Cheat Rivers, May 21, 2005; title: The Mississippi River, July 8, 2005; title: The Ohio River, July 10, 2005; title: The Current River, July 12, 2005; title: Afterword.