Description
From Edwyn Collins hilarious descriptions of being taken fishing by his grandfather to Kevin Sampson’s look on the influence the Mersey has played on his home city of Liverpool this is an extrordinary collection about the way rivers have shaped our nation, its pysche and leisure time. The book is illustrated throughout with the woodblocks of the artist and writer Robert Gibbings. One time owner of the Golden Cockerel Press and author of numerous books about rivers such as Sweet Thames Runs Softy Gibbings work perfectly completes the mood of the book.
