Drifting: Two Weeks on the Hudson

A two-week canoe trip down the Hudson offers an opportunity to reflect on America's past, present, and uncertain future.

This candid account of the author's two-week canoe trip down the Hudson River offers an introspective and humorous look at both the river and Recession-Era America. New to fatherhood and fresh from ten years in an Alaskan village, Mike Freeman sets out to relearn his country, and realizes it's in a far greater midlife crisis than he could ever be. With an eye on the Hudson...