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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1Main Title | Nine ways to cross a river : midstream reflections on swimming and getting there from here / | |||||||||||
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Author | Busch, Akiko. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2007 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 71552214 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781596910454 (alk. paper); 1596910453 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Swimming--United States ; Rivers--United States ; Swimming--Philosophy | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st U.S. ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | 208 p. : maps ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
Contents Notes | Introduction : The Hudson River, August 29, 2001 -- The Delaware River, September 8, 2002 -- The Connecticut River, August 31, 2003 -- The Susquehanna River, July 21, 2004 -- The Hudson River, September 5, 2004 -- The Monongahela and Cheat Rivers, May 21, 2005 -- The Mississippi River, July 8, 2005 -- The Ohio River, July 10, 2005 -- The Current River, July 12, 2005 -- Afterword. Akiko Busch chronicles her efforts to swim across eight of America's great waterways, sharing what she learned about each of the rivers, and herself, in her quest. |