Radford University Professor of English Rick Van Noy’s “Borne by the River: Canoeing the Delaware from Headwaters to Home” has been named a finalist in the ecology & environment category for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Published last May, “Borne by the River” chronicles the author’s 200-mile canoe trip on the Delaware River, along with his dog, Sully, a Catahoula mix, to Van Noy’s childhood home, a little upstream from Trenton, New Jersey.
“Borne by the River’ reckons with the way that rivers braid into one’s own life – thrilling rapids, eddying pauses, and life-changing rifts and falls,” according to the book’s publisher, Cornell University Press. “Van Noy rediscovers and shares how river journeys can scatter anxieties, wash away regrets and recreate the spirit in its free-f lowing currents.”
Honoring the best books to emerge from independent publishers, the Foreword awards are chosen from thousands of entries to a group of finalists in 55 categories. Winners in each category will be announced in June.
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