Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820327751 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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 Mississippior maybe Conrad’s Congo.This is John Lane’s search for the real Chattoogafor the truths that reside somewhere in the river’s rapids, along its shores, or in its travelers’ hearts. 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.. 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. Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeare
Lane's own writing and observations are good enough to stand outside of Dickey's considerable shadow. From Publishers Weekly This extended personal narrative by poet and author Lane (Waist Deep in Black Water) focuses on the Chattooga River, which runs along the border of Georgia and South Carolina. . The river and the "isolated, rugged mountain landscape" through which it runs were the setting for James Dickey's 1970 novel Deliverance and its 1972 film adaptation, about a group of suburban men whose canoeing trip becomes a face-off with torture and death. The weakest parts are those where Lane directly compares the river with aspects of Dickey's book. Lane thinks that Dickey's tale was "one of the central adventure stories of my generation," which told of a "hero's journey of sep
Traveling the River with John Lane Once again, John Lane has succeeded in writing a book that really connects with the regular fan of the wilderness with a desire to read. As a person that grew up in the area of the Chattooga, and have rafted the river myself, John's insights and stories were wonderfully written and a treat to have read. John Lane is the writer of my people.. John LaneA Man's Man Trevor John Lane has done it again John never siezes to amaze me with his timeless writings. John Lane paints the most vivid pictures with his words. In all my years I have never read such brilliant literature. This book really hit home with me. All my life I've traveled on rivers, namely the Chattooga. The rhythmic beauty of its current is captured in John Lane's words. I am haunted by wate. Chatooga, a flowing book dannyhiker Chatooga is a flowing book - pun intended. John Lanetalks about the effect of the book Deliveranceand the movie on the people living around the Chatoogain North Georgia. He talks to the people,he hikes on the banks of the river and he kayaks the river.This is a personal book, as much about Lane asabout the river. A good read!