Shantyboat
Subtitle: a river way of life
By: Harlan Hubbard ; with ill. by the author ; and a foreword by Wendell Berry.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Shantyboats and shantyboaters -- Ohio River; Shantyboats and shantyboaters -- Mississippi River; Ohio River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River -- Description and travel
Description: Shantyboat is the story of a leisurely journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. For most people such a journey is the stuff that dreams are made of, but for Harlan and Anna Hubbard, it became a cherished reality. In their small river craft, the Hubbards became one with the flowing river and its changing weathers. This book mirrors a life that is simple and independent, strenuous at times, but joyous, with leisure for painting and music, for observation and contemplation.
Notes: Autobiographical.