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The rich history of river life in Kentucky permeates Janice Holt Giles’s novel Run Me a River. Set in 1861, at the beginning of Kentucky’s reluctant entry into the Civil War, the novel tells the story of a five-day adventure on the Green River. Aboard the Rambler, a ramshackle steamboat, Captain Bohannon Cartwright and his crew journey 184 miles and pick up two extra passengers along the way. The boatmen rescue “Sir Henry” Cole, a former Shakespearean actor, and his granddaughter Phoebe from their skiff when it overruns in a squall. As romance blossoms between Phoebe and Captain Bo, a conflict escalates between Confederate and Union forces fighting for control of the river.
Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.
Publication Date
2003
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813190709
eISBN
9780813157054
Keywords
Kentucky, Kentucky authors, Kentucky writers, Steamboats, Green River
Disciplines
Literature in English, North America
Recommended Citation
Giles, Janice Holt, "Run Me a River" (2003). Literature in English, North America. 67.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_north_america/67
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Notes
Foreword by Morris A. Grubbs.
Originally published by Houghton Mifflin, 1964.