About this title: The author sets off aboard a small boat called Nikawa ("river-horse" in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York harbour in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. He and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover 5000 watery miles often following in the wakes of the great explorers from, Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, submerged rocks, dangerous weather and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield up incomparable pleasures: strangers generous with help and eccentric tales; landscapes unchanged ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780436205309ISBN:0436205300
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Originally published: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1999. In 2000 Secker & Warburg published this, Great Britain's First Edition, First Printing of River Horse, in London. Hard cover book is in FINE Condition with a VERY GOOD dust jacket. Black boards in full binding with gilt lettering on spine. Paste-down and ffep give a detailed drawing of the boat NIKAWA. Back paste-down and end page show the NIKAWA's route across America. 506 pages of pristine text. Page ... read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. Jacket and hardcover both in good condition. Pages clean, readable. Voyage on American waters from sea to sea. read more
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: 5 H
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston
Date Published: 1999
Description: Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and decorated paper covered boards with the lower corner of the front board lightly bumped. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. Sub-titled: "The Logbook of a Boat Across America" provides the author's account of his efforts to navigate across the US in a boat. read more
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