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Front Porch

Front Porch One hundred and thirty years ago, Huckleberry Finn’s wild adventures on th - e Mis sissippi River first entered our imaginations, made all the more entrancing by the native lure of the water. Rivers are the lifeblood of communities, equal -parts per manence and transience, ev o fl ewing as th r- eir waters pass through and beyond. For those who sit on the bank, the river is a muse. For those who dive into her current, the river is the road to elsewhere. Rivers take us back into histor - y, some times literally, as the mighty Colorado has laid out the past in the rocky strata of the Grand Canyon. But elsewhere, that t tra im v e el is s - parked in the imagination. And rivers weave together much of this issue of Southern Cultur , invi es ting us to reflect or float away on one for a moment. The Tennessee River runs through a region in northwest Alabama known as above: “Smoke, salt, pepper, and sea.” In this issue’s Beyond Grits and Gra, our f vy riend Bernie Herman prepares an Eastern Shore delicacy: “When I try to describe the rich dark flavors http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

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University of North Carolina Press
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Copyright © Center for the Study of the American South.
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1534-1488

Abstract

One hundred and thirty years ago, Huckleberry Finn’s wild adventures on th - e Mis sissippi River first entered our imaginations, made all the more entrancing by the native lure of the water. Rivers are the lifeblood of communities, equal -parts per manence and transience, ev o fl ewing as th r- eir waters pass through and beyond. For those who sit on the bank, the river is a muse. For those who dive into her current, the river is the road to elsewhere. Rivers take us back into histor - y, some times literally, as the mighty Colorado has laid out the past in the rocky strata of the Grand Canyon. But elsewhere, that t tra im v e el is s - parked in the imagination. And rivers weave together much of this issue of Southern Cultur , invi es ting us to reflect or float away on one for a moment. The Tennessee River runs through a region in northwest Alabama known as above: “Smoke, salt, pepper, and sea.” In this issue’s Beyond Grits and Gra, our f vy riend Bernie Herman prepares an Eastern Shore delicacy: “When I try to describe the rich dark flavors

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Southern CulturesUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Nov 12, 2014

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