{"product_id":"tender-the-river-matt-w-miller-9781680032246","title":"Tender the River: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eEric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in Poetry \u003cbr\u003e Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List \u003cbr\u003e Medal Provocateur Finalist \u003cbr\u003e IPNE Book Awards Poetry Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTender the River \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures in verse the history and legacy of the Merrimack River Valley, from the Pennacook, Wamesit, Algonquin, and other indigenous tribes who settled there first, to the European settlers who came with guns and their god to supplant them, to being the birthplace of America's industrial revolution and first labor movements, to becoming a center of continued immigration, of entrenched nativism, and even multicultural celebration. The Merrimack River begins with the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers spilling from the White Mountains in New Hampshire, then travels down through mill towns like Manchester, Lowell, and Haverhill to finally spit out violently into the Atlantic in the old port (now posh) town of Newburyport. In its journey between those points and as well across the centuries, the Merrimack River Valley has been America in microcosm, many of the nation's democratic successes and demagogic sins being seeded there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt W. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680032240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680032246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Matt W. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048250700031,"sku":"9781680032246","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cba1f5aa-fcf7-4c55-a5f2-3bf6e17d6a3a.jpg?v=1684994741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tender-the-river-matt-w-miller-9781680032246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}