In their small craft, the Hubbards became one with the flow of the river and its changing weathers. An artist by profession, Harlan Hubbard records with graceful ease the many facets of their life on the river-the panorama of fields and woods, summer gardening, foraging expeditions for nuts and berries, dangers from storms and treacherous currents, the quiet solitude of the mists of early morning. Their life is sustained by the provender of bank and stream, useful things made and found, and mutual aid and wisdom from people met along the journey. It is a life marked by simplicity and independence, strenuous at times, but joyous, with leisure for painting and music, for observation and contemplation.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780813113593
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Date: 12-31-1977
Pages: 368
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years
About the Author
Harlan and Anna Hubbard lived at Payne Hollow, Trimble County, Kentucky, where they spent the first summer of the journey described in Shantyboat.