Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River by Lane, John
Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River by Lane, John

Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River

Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeared in the early 1970s, any outsiders one met along...
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Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River by Lane, John

Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River

$50.25
Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River by Lane, John

Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River

$50.25
Author: John Lane
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeared in the early 1970s, any outsiders one met along the Chattooga River were likely serious canoeists or anglers. In later years, untold numbers and kinds of people have felt the draw of the river's torrents, which pour down the Appalachians along the Georgia-South Carolina border. Because of Deliverance the Chattooga looms enigmatically in our shared imagination, as iconic as Twain's Mississippi--or maybe Conrad's Congo.

This is John Lane's search for the real Chattooga--for the truths that reside somewhere in the river's rapids, along its shores, or in its travelers' hearts. Lane balances the dark, indifferent mythical river of Deliverance against the Chattooga known to locals and to the outdoors enthusiasts who first mastered its treacherous vortices and hydraulics. Starting at its headwaters, Lane leads us down the river and through its complex history to its current status as a National Wild and Scenic River. Along the way he stops for talks with conservation activists, seventh-generation residents, locals who played parts in the movie, day visitors, and others. Lane weaves into each encounter an abundance of details drawn from his perceptive readings and viewings of Deliverance and his wide-ranging knowledge of the Chattooga watershed. At the end of his run, Lane leaves us still fully possessed by the Chattooga's mystery, yet better informed about its place in his world and ours.

Author: John Lane
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.14w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780820327754

About the Author
JOHN LANE is a professor of English and environmental studies at Wofford College. His books include Circling Home, My Paddle to the Sea, and Coyote Settles the South (all Georgia). He also coedited, with Gerald Thurmond, The Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the South (also Georgia). He has published several volumes of poetry, essays, and a novel, as well as a selection of his online columns, The Best of the Kudzu Telegraph. Anthropocene Blues: Poems is his most recent work.
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