Altamaha A River and Its Keeper

Name: Altamaha A River and Its Keeper
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ISBN: 9780820343129

ISBN-10: 0820343129

ISBN-13: 9780820343129

Edition: 2012

Authors: James Holland, Dorinda G. Dallmeyer, Janisse Ray

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Formed by the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers, the Altamaha is the largest free-flowing river on the East Coast and drains its third-largest watershed. It has been designated as one of the Nature Conservancy’s seventy-five Last Great Places because of its unique character and rich natural diversity. In evocative photography and elegant prose,Altamahacaptures the distinctive beauty of this river and offers a portrait of the man who has become its improbable guardian.Few people know the Altamaha better than James Holland. Raised in Cochran, Georgia, Holland spent years on the river fishing, hunting, and working its coastal reaches as a commercial crabber. Witnessing a steady…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 6/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 10.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

Janisse Ray is the author of three works of nonfiction,Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land,Wild Card Quilt: Taking a Chance on Home, and the bestsellingEcology of a Cracker Childhood. She is also the author of a poetry collection,A House of Branches, and coeditor ofBetween Two Rivers: Stories from the Red Hills to the Gulf. She lives in the Altamaha Community in Reidsville, Georgia.