Three months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy when two fellow rafters die on the flooded Rio ReventazOn, John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea.
Like Huck Finn, Lane sees a river journey as a portal to change, but unlike Twain's character, Lane isn't escaping. He's getting intimate with the river that flows right past his home in the Spartanburg suburbs. Lane's three-hundred-mile float trip takes him down the Broad River and into Lake Marion before continuing down the Santee...
Three months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy when two fellow rafters die on the flooded Rio ReventazOn, John Lane sets out wi...
Begin with Rock, End with Water is John Lane's third collection of essays. In this new gathering of seventeen narrative essays Lane pushes even deeper into a twenty-year lyrical consideration of his place (and the place of all of us) in the changing natural world. Though there are many themes and settings in this collection, rivers such as the Chattooga, Youghigheny, Dead, Reedy, Micos, Yuribamba, and Tallahatchie figure prominently in Lane's understanding of place and culture.
Begin with Rock, End with Water is John Lane's third collection of essays. In this new gathering of seventeen narrative essays Lane pushes even deeper...