Deliverance - James Dickey, 1970 Hardcover w/ dust jacket

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The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.From the Publisher"A novel that will curl your toes...Dickey's canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension."-- The New York Times Book Review"A brilliant and breathtaking adventure."-- The New Yorker"A novel stunning power."-- The Nation"A tour de force."-- The New RepublicFrom the Inside FlapReleased for the first time in trade paperback, this is the classic tale of four men caught in a primitive and violent test of manhood.The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.About the AuthorJames Dickey was born in Atlanta. One of America's best known poets and a winner of the National Book read more