Overview
The rich history of river life in Kentucky permeates Janice Holt Giles's novel Run Me a River. Set in 1861, at the beginning of Kentucky's reluctant entry into the Civil War, the novel tells the story of a five-day adventure on the Green River. Aboard the Rambler, a ramshackle steamboat, Captain Bohannon Cartwright and his crew journey 184 miles and pick up two extra passengers along the way. The boatmenrescue "Sir Henry" Cole, a former Shakespearean actor, and his granddaughter Phoebe from thei
- | Author: Janice Holt Giles
- | Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
- | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 360 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0813190703
- | ISBN-13: 9780813190709
