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Dark Waters Dancing to a Breeze

A Literary Companion to Rivers and Lakes

Dark Waters Dancing to a Breeze( )
Editor: Grady, Wayne
ISBN:978-1-926685-12-0
Publication Date:Jul 2009
Publisher:Greystone Books Ltd.
Imprint:Greystone Books
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $22.99
Book Description:

Humans’ fascination with water finds full expression in this stellar collection. Included are writings from Mark Twain, who marvels at the teeming humanity on the Ganges; Henry Stanley, searching for Livingston and discovering instead Lake Albert Edward; selections from A Compleat Angler and A River Runs Through It; and more than a dozen other classic works by explorers, adventurers, natural historians, and novelists.

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Author Biography
(Editor)
Wayne Grady was born in 1948 in Windsor, Ontario. He attended Carleton University where he earned a B.A. in English. He is a freelance magazine writer and author of several books. He is the former editor of Harrowsmith magazine. He has also translated several French novels into English.

He has been shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Award for Translation, for Black Squirrel, by Daniel Poliquin. He received the Governor General's Award for Translation, for On the Eighth Day, by Antoine Maillet and John Glassco Prize for Literary Translation, for Christopher Cartier of Hazelnut, by Antoine Maillet.

He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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