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R. Raven-Hart (1899–1971)

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Nome canonico
Raven-Hart, R.
Nome legale
Raven-Hart, Rowland
Data di nascita
1899
Data di morte
1971
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Ireland
Luogo di nascita
Donegal, Ireland

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English native Major Rowland Raven-Hart was a world traveler with a fondness for canoes and a refreshing lack of self-consciousness. In 1937, he and a friend put a 17-foot collapsible canoe into the Mississippi River at Hannibal and began a 37-day “cruise” that ended in Baton Rouge. Along the way, they paddled naked, camped, searched for fresh milk, swam naked, and chatted with people living or working on the Mississippi River. Raven-Hart paddled the river at a time when it was undergoing a massive federal effort to engineer it into something that humanity could control, and Raven-Hart deeply admired the goals of that work and the people involved in it. He carried a rather snarky and cocky perspective but always respectful. The book is an entertaining read that offers a snapshot of a time when the river was being transformed from a place where people lived and worked to one that would soon be dominated by tow boats and barges.… (altro)
 
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klinkd | Feb 16, 2017 |
Not Raven-Hart's fault, but this does get a tad tedious--you've laughed at one old Dutch Protestant racist merchant seaman believing the Khoi/"Hottentots" suck the dung out of cow intestines and wear bladders around their necks until they rot off and then they know it's time to get married and all the rest of the absurdities, you've laughed at 'em all. I will, however, never stop getting happy when I remember that the reason they are called Hottentots is not just that they sound like turkeys with the clicks (same description ad nauseam!), but that when they get happy they bounce up and down and "hottentot! hottentot!" is all they can say! It's a cross between Willie Wonka's chocolate factory and a particularly ill-conceived Monty Python bit.… (altro)
 
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MeditationesMartini | Feb 1, 2010 |

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