Is a River Alive? Mysteries and Thrillers 23" webbed handle

23" webbed handle

is seeking his father’s permission to announce his engagement to his heart’s desire: twelve-year-old Sophie

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In 1960s Toronto

Is a River Alive? Mysteries and Thrillers 23" webbed handleFrom the celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a brilliant, perspective shifting new book, which answers a resounding "yes" to the question of its title. At the heart of Is a River Alive? is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings, who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Macfarlane takes the reader on a mind expanding global journey into the