Atchafalaya Houseboat : My Years in the Louisiana Swamp

English

ISBN: 0807130893

EAN: 9780807130896

Category: Nature / Lakes & Ponds/Travel / United States / South / West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)/Sports & Recreation / Boating/Biography & Autobiography / General/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press

Release Date: 04/30/2006

Synopsis: 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 Louisianas 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 - as told by Gwen. Not long after they took up swamp living, Gwen and Calvin met a young photographer named C. C. Lockwood, who shared their back to the earth 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parted, one of Lockwoods photos of them appeared in a National Geographic collectors edition entitled 100 Best Pictures Unpublished - and kindled the interest of a new generation. Gwen recounts her eight-year voyage of discovery - about swamp life, wildlife, and herself - transporting readers to an unfamiliar and exotic place.--BOOK JACKET.

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Atchafalaya Houseboat : My Years in the Louisiana Swamp

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.69 inches

Width: 5.34 inches

Length: 7.32 inches

Weight: 9.14 oz

Pages: 161