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This beautifully written and lyrical book is a meditation on the state's history and tangled environmental legacy as well as a look at the challenges that lie ahead. . . . Lane's book is an intimate look at the vanishing wilds of our state as well as the author's own life. Either way, it is a journey well worth taking.--James Scott Post and Courier

This beautifully written and lyrical book is a meditation on the state's history and tangled environmental legacy as well as a look at the challenges that lie ahead. . . . Lane's book is an intimate look at the vanishing wilds of our state as well as the author's own life. Either way, it is a journey well worth taking.</p>--James Scott <i>Post and Courier</i>

One needn't be a canoeist or even outdoorsy to appreciate the insights of modern-day river voyager John Lane as he chronicles his downriver journey from the Upstate to the Atlantic Ocean. . . . His overwhelming desire to 'rewild' South Carolina's disappearing natural places is presented less as environmental activism and more as a means to a somewhat idealistic end: ultimate preservation of our common heritage. Because for Lane, maintaining the integrity of our watershed is as much about holding on to the stories that have been born and died there, as it is about the river itself. --Heidi Coryell Williams, Town Magazine <br>

More than a mere travelogue, My Paddle to the Sea is a celebration of life, friendship, river travel, and the natural world. Like Lane's previous books of nonfiction, Deep in Black Water , Chattooga: Descending Into the Myth of Deliverance River , The Best of the Kudzu Telegraph and Circling Home , My Paddle to the Sea is written in crisp yet intimate prose that is both poetic and layered, while never losing sight of the author's urgent desire to communicate the depth of his love for the natural world. --Jeremy L.C. Jones, Spartanburg Herald-Journal <br>

<p> John Lane knows that traveling on a river is the best way to see the land, to remember our history, and to face ourselves. This fine writer's journey down his own southern waterway is an adventure that can inform and inspire us all. --Tim Palmer, author of Rivers of America , Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation , and Youghiogheny: Appalachian River

This beautifully written and lyrical book is a meditation on the state's history and tangled environmental legacy as well as a look at the challenges that lie ahead. . . . Lane's book is an intimate look at the vanishing wilds of our state as well as the author's own life. Either way, it is a journey well worth taking. --James Scott, The Post and Courier

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"John Lane's books include ""Waist Deep in Black Water,"" ""The Woods Stretched for Miles,"" ""Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River,"" and ""Circling Home"" (all Georgia); several volumes of poetry; and ""The Best of the Kudzu Telegraph,"" a selection of his columns. Lane is an associate professor of English and environmental studies at Wofford College."

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