Drifting Into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River

by Janisse Ray

Book Overview

Janisse Ray was a babe in arms when a boat of her father's construction cracked open and went down in the mighty Altamaha River. Tucked in a life preserver, she washed onto a sandbar as the craft sank from view. That first baptism began a lifelong relationship with a stunning and powerful river that almost nobody knows.

The Altamaha rises dark and mysterious in southeast Georgia. It is deep and wide bordered by swamps. Its corridor contains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820345326
• ISBN13: 9780820345321
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.2"