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Paddling Through Time a River of History
Charles J. Shields reflects on memory and myth in a canoe trip and a skate through the 1960s protests. He notes how people romanticize the past, urges Gen X to participate, and compares history to a river moving forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee River
Huck Finn
Jim
France
Norman Mailer
Mailer
Washington, D. C
Woodstock
California
Haight-Ashbury
Shakespeare
Henry V
Agincourt
Henry