LEADER 04584nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910463591903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-57233-991-8 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060785 035 $a(EBL)1187833 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886313 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12429085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886313 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10817563 035 $a(PQKB)10657232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1187833 035 $a(OCoLC)843883148 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25000 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1187833 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10713525 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL491778 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060785 100 $a20111102d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiminal zones$b[electronic resource] $ewhere lakes end and rivers begin /$fKim Trevathan 210 $aKnoxville, TN $cUniversity of Tennessee Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57233-953-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Introduction; Part I: A Season Bereft; 1. The Big South Fork: Productive Failure; 2. The Nantahala: The Liminal Unveiled; 3. My History with Dams; Part II: Road Trip of Rivers; 4. The Concept; 5. Easy Water: The Tippecanoe and the James; 6. The Rogue's Embrace; 7. Aesthetic Convergence:The Clearwater and the Deschutes; 8. Reconsidering the Liminal: The Dolores, the Conejos, and a Fractious Campground in Folsom, California; Part III: Brackish Waters; 9. Big Lagoon to Maple Creek: From One World to Another; 10. Fear, Delusion, and Peace on the Edisto; Part IV: Damaged Waters 327 $a11. Seeking Damaged Waters12. Up Pistol Creek; 13. Finding and Smelling the Pigeon; Part V: Night Paddling; 14. Hematite; 15. Energy; Part VI: Company; 16. With Libby on Hematite; 17. Navigating by the Stars up Citico Creek; 18. Warning: German Shepherd in Bow; 19. Final Thoughts; Epilogue: Letters; Bibliography 330 $a"After the death of his paddling companion, a German shepherd-labrador retriever mix named Jasper, Kim Trevathan began a series of solitary upstream kayaking quests in search of what he calls "liminal zones," transitional areas where dammed reservoirs give way to the current of the rivers that feed them. For four years he scoured the rivers and lakes of America, where environmentally damaging, and now decaying, man-made structures have transformed the waterways. In this thoughtful work, he details his upriver adventures, describing the ecological and aesthetic differences between a dammed river and a free-flowing river and exploring the implications of what liminal zones represent--a reassertion of pure, unadulterated nature over engineered bodies of water. Trevathan began by exploring the rivers and creeks of his childhood: the Blood River and Clarks River in western Kentucky. He soon ventured out to the Wolf River, the Big South Fork of the Cumberland, and other waterways in Tennessee. In 2008, he looped around the country with trips to Indiana's Tippecanoe River, Montana's Clearwater River, Oregon's Deschutes and Rogue Rivers, and Colorado's Dolores River, as well as adventures on such southeastern rivers as the Edisto, the Tellico, and the Nantahala. To Trevathan, paddling upstream became a sort of religion, with a vaporous deity that kept him searching. Each excursion yielded something unexpected, from a near-drowning in the Rogue River to a mysterious fog bank that arose across the Nantahala at midday. Throughout Liminal Zones, Trevathan considers what makes certain places special, why some are set aside and protected, why others are not, and how free-flowing streams remain valuable to our culture, our history, and our physical and spiritual health. This contemplative chronicle of his journeys by water reveals discoveries as varied and complex as the rivers themselves."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aRivers$zUnited States 606 $aDams$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aLimnology$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRivers 615 0$aDams$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aLimnology 676 $a973/.0946 700 $aTrevathan$b Kim$f1958-$01029374 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463591903321 996 $aLiminal zones$92445724 997 $aUNINA