Paddling the Tennessee River
Subtitle: a voyage on easy water
By: Kim Trevathan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Outdoor Tennessee series
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Trevathan, Kim, 1958- -- Travel -- Tennessee River; Canoes and canoeing -- Tennessee River.; Tennessee River -- Description and travel.; Tennessee River -- History.; Tennessee River -- Environmental conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: River of ghosts; title: Something big; title: The plan; title: Uneasy water: Fort Loudoun Lake; title: A taste of the old river: Watts Bar; title: Sam Houston, de Soto, and the ghost of Ernest Hemingway; title: The Nickajack Nunnehi; title: Hospitality, milfoil, and bodies in the water; title: Big ideas, helmet hair, and aquamarine barges; title: Short, old Wilson Lake, and the camp Nazi; title: Born to be wild on the Trail of Tears; title: Off the river; title: "It is so hard to die"; title: Big dam problems; title: "Ain't you got no sense?"; title: Eagle's nest nirvanao; title: Drunk on the wind; title: Boat people; title: Wizard of the saddle; title: Curse of the Titanic; title: Night paddling; title: "You can't be like the Indians"; title: A cautionary tale.