A stunning success...Raban takes us floating through the heart of America...more successful than 99% of the books about America since De Tocqueville's Democracy in America' New York Times

'Mr Raban has a keen ear, but, for the river itself, he has to evince not only a keen eye but a capacity to use a painter's palette. He gives us the strong brown god in all its rage, sullenness and beauty' Anthony Burgess, Observer

'This is a fascinating and enchanting book. It is never dull, and yet there are facts aplenty to be picked up on the way. I enjoyed every mile of the journey' Evening Standard

About the Author

Jonathan Raban was the author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Passage to Juneau, Bad Land, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Coasting, Old Glory, Arabia, Soft City, Waxwings and Surveillance. Over the span of six decades, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Award, and the Governor's Award of the State of Washington. His work appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Harpers, The New York Review of Books, Outside, Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, The London Review of Books, and other magazines.


In 1990 Raban, a British citizen, moved from London to Seattle, where he lived with his daughter until his death in 2023.

Awards
Winner of Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 1981 and Thomas Cook Travel Book Awards Narrative Travel Book Category 1981.



Book Information
ISBN 9780330292290
Author Jonathan Raban
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Picador
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 572g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 30mm