The River Runs Uphill
£19.95
This book is out of print. The copies available are second hand, in near-as-new or very good condition. Copies of the book are scarce as part of the print run was lost in a fire, and it was not reprinted.
Robert Aickman, founder of The Inland Waterways Association along with L T C (Tom Rolt), sets out his views and recollections of IWA’s formation, and its first five years. The book was published posthumously.
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The River Runs Uphill, written by Aickman in 1967, following two decades of almost total involvement in the waterways causes, describes IWA’s formative years from Aickman’s first meeting with Tom Rolt (aboard the legendary narrow boat Cressy at Tardebigge through to the first ‘National Rally’ of boats at Market Harborough in 1950.
They were not easy years, as the book gradually reveals – human nature saw to that – and the reader quickly grasps that more than a few of IWA’s early ‘victories’ were achieved in spite of, rather than because of, the protagonists involved.
Drawing on material from the Association’s early Bulletins – a tour de force from the author’s own pen – Aickman illustrates IWA’s growth, its first hesitant meetings and campaigns, its attempts to win friends and influence people in high places, and the often fraught differences of opinion between Council members concerning the Association’s chosen policies on the burning issues of the day.
Author: Robert Aickman
Binding: Hardback
Published: 1986
Pages: 210
Size: 219 x 155 mm
ISBN: 0907864384
