Peter Lourie was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in New England, Ontario, Canada, and New York City. He holds a BA in classics from New York University, an MA in English Literature from the University of Maine, and an MFA in nonfiction creative writing from Columbia University. He has taught writing for many years (Middlebury College, Columbia College, University of Vermont), and now makes his living traveling, writing and photographing. He also visits schools to share his adventures with students and teachers. He lives in Vermont where he is now working on an ongoing NSF-funded digital story-telling project about the Arctic, and a book about the Leakey family on Lake Turkana, Kenya.
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River of Mountains will please nature lovers and history buffs alike. -- Trenton Times
An engaging tale. [Lourie] vividly describes exciting whitewater rides-some hot, some slow-and the joys of crowded paddling, and throughout he provides a historical recounting of the development of the civilization along the river. The many people he met along the way, including loggers, fishermen, guides, barge pilots, and a squatter, add to the richness of his tale. -- Library Journal
Peter Lourie's River of Mountains is a log of the author's three-week canoe trip down the Hudson River. He takes us from pristine Lake Tear of the Clouds on Mount Marcy's shoulder in the high Adirondacks to the briny waters off the Battery at the lower end of Manhattan Island. Lourie's adventures here in our home state are every bit as exciting and informative as those popular television travelogues about exotic countries. -- Buffalo News
Peter Lourie's magnificent adventure captured me immediately. I can identify with the desire to paddle an entire concourse, to achieve a sort of canoeing closure....wonderful and informative book. -- Adirondac
The story [Lourie] tells is an interesting mixture of his struggle with the power of the river and the obstacles in his path, juxtaposed with snippets of history and the people who helped him along the way. -- New York History
You don't have to be a canoe buff to want to read River of Mountains. This book is for you if you've ever zipped over a river, eyes flicking from the dullness of the road to the inviting shininess below, wondering where the water would take you if only you could let it. Peter Lourie can tell you. -- Vermont Woodlands
An engaging tale. [Lourie] vividly describes exciting whitewater rides-some hot, some slow-and the joys of crowded paddling, and throughout he provides a historical recounting of the development of the civilization along the river. The many people he met along the way, including loggers, fishermen, guides, barge pilots, and a squatter, add to the richness of his tale. -- Library Journal
Peter Lourie's River of Mountains is a log of the author's three-week canoe trip down the Hudson River. He takes us from pristine Lake Tear of the Clouds on Mount Marcy's shoulder in the high Adirondacks to the briny waters off the Battery at the lower end of Manhattan Island. Lourie's adventures here in our home state are every bit as exciting and informative as those popular television travelogues about exotic countries. -- Buffalo News
Peter Lourie's magnificent adventure captured me immediately. I can identify with the desire to paddle an entire concourse, to achieve a sort of canoeing closure....wonderful and informative book. -- Adirondac
The story [Lourie] tells is an interesting mixture of his struggle with the power of the river and the obstacles in his path, juxtaposed with snippets of history and the people who helped him along the way. -- New York History
You don't have to be a canoe buff to want to read River of Mountains. This book is for you if you've ever zipped over a river, eyes flicking from the dullness of the road to the inviting shininess below, wondering where the water would take you if only you could let it. Peter Lourie can tell you. -- Vermont Woodlands
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A must for any fan of the Mighty Hudson,
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This review is from: River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson (Hardcover)
River of Mountains is more than a travel journal. It is also an historical and anecdotal work about the Mighty Hudson River. The author recounts his journey from the headwaters high in the rugged Adirondacks (Lake Tear of the Clouds), down 315 miles of whitewater, dammed water, polluted water, and brackish water to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean. He meets many interesting river people along the way, and relates much historical information about river. A must for anyone with any interest at all about the Hudson River
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