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Author Lane, John, 1954-

Title Chattooga : descending into the myth of Deliverance river / John Lane
Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (210 pages) : map
Contents The Myth of the Chattooga -- Headwaters -- Chasing Deliverance -- The Wilderness Upstream -- Trail Mind -- Easy Water -- Pilley's Perfect River -- The Narrows -- Approaching the Bull -- The Business of White Water
Summary "Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeared in the early 1970s, any outsiders one met along the Chattooga River were likely serious canoeists or anglers. 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 Mississippi - or maybe Conrad's Congo."
"This book is John Lane's search for the real Chattooga - for the truths that reside somewhere in the river's rapids, along its shores, or in its travelers' hearts. 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. 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
Lane weaves into each encounter an abundance of details drawn from his perceptive readings and viewings of Deliverance and his wide-ranging knowledge of the Chattooga watershed. 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."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210)
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Dickey, James. Deliverance
SUBJECT Dickey, James. Deliverance
Subject Natural history -- Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.)
TRAVEL -- United States -- South -- South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Rivers.
Natural history
Travel
SUBJECT Chattooga River (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) -- History
Chattooga River (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) -- Description and travel
Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) -- History
Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) -- Description and travel
Chattooga River Region (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.) -- Biography
Subject United States -- Chattooga River
United States -- Chattooga River Region
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003020563
ISBN 9780820346229
0820346225
1299700896
9781299700895
9780820327754
0820327751