Atchafalaya Houseboat (eBook)

My Years in the Louisiana Swamp

Gwen Roland (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2006
176 Seiten
LSU Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-6174-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In the early 1970s, two idealistic young people-Gwen Carpenter Roland and Calvin Voisin-decided to leave civilization and re-create the vanished simple life of their great-grandparents in the heart of Louisiana's million-acre Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp. Armed with a box of crayons and a book called How to Build Your Home in the Woods, they drew up plans to recycle a slave-built structure into a houseboat. Without power tools or building experience they constructed a floating dwelling complete with a brick fireplace. Towed deep into the sleepy waters of Bloody Bayou, it was their home for eight years. This is the tale of the not-so-simple life they made together-days spent fishing, trading, making wine, growing food, and growing up-told by Gwen with grace, economy, and eloquence.Not long after they took up swamp living, Gwen and Calvin met a young photographer named C. C. Lockwood, who shared their "e;back to the earth"e; values. His photographs of the couple going about their daily routine were published in National Geographic magazine, bringing them unexpected fame. More than a quarter of a century later, after Gwen and Calvin had long since parted, one of Lockwood's photos of them appeared in a National Geographic collector's edition entitled 100 Best Pictures Unpublished-and kindled the interest of a new generation.With quiet wisdom, Gwen recounts her eight-year voyage of discovery-about swamp life, wildlife, and herself. A keen observer of both the natural world and the ways of human beings, she transports readers to an unfamiliar and exotic place.

Autor

lt;p>Gwen Roland, former editor for the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, continues to write about agriculture and self-sufficient lifestyles from her homestead in Georgia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.4.2006
• Illustrationen: C. C. Lockwood
• Zusatzinfo: 25 Halftones, 1 Map
• Verlagsort: Baton Rouge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8071-6174-8 / 0807161748
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-6174-6 / 9780807161746