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Flow

The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River

Beth Kephart author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:18th May '07

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An "autobiography" of the Schuylkill, and a meditation on the river's impact on Philadelphia's history, people, and environment

From acclaimed writer Beth Kephart, author of A Slant of Sun, comes a short, imaginative telling of the life of the Schuylkill River, which has served as the source of Philadelphia's water, power, industry, and beauty for the city's entire life.  Before that, it fed the indigenous people who preceded William Penn, and has since time immemorial shape our region.

“Kephart gives the Schuylkill a voice, a memory, a melancholic sensibility. She has given us a finely-tuned and moving work of art, an exquisite book of loss and wanting. In 76 narrative poems and nearly as many short historical essays, Kephart returns the ‘hidden river’ to its place in our hearts.”
—Context

ISBN: 9781592136360

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm

Weight: unknown

120 pages