The Danube : a journey upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest /
The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river's flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today. Thorpe...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2013]
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Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river's flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today. Thorpe's account is personal, conversational, funny, immediate, and uniquely observant -everything a reader expects in the best travel writing. Immersing himself in the Danube's waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories of the lands linked by the river. He observes the river's ecological conditions, some discouraging and others hopeful, and encounters archaeological remains that whisper of human communities sustained by the river over eight millennia. Most fascinating of all are the ordinary and extraordinary people along the way -the ferrymen and fishermen, workers in the fields, beekeepers, smugglers and border policemen, legal and illegal immigrants, and many more. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300182248 0300182244 1306095204 9781306095204 0300181655 9780300181654 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |