Run Me a River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813190709)

The rich history of river life in Kentucky permeates Janice Holt Giles's novel Run Me a River. Set in 1861, at the beginning of Kentucky's reluctant entry into the Civil War, the novel tells the story of a five-day adventure on the Green River. Aboard the Rambler, a ramshackle steamboat, Captain Bohannon Cartwright and his crew journey 184 miles and pick up two extra passengers along the way. The boatmenrescue "Sir Henry" Cole, a former Shakespearean actor, and his granddaughter Phoebe from thei

Author: Janice Holt Giles
ISBN-10: 0813190703
ISBN-13: 9780813190709
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.92d