Noah Adams is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered. He lives with his wife, Neenah Ellis, a freelance journalist, in Takoma Park, Maryland.
"The host of NPR's All Things Considered now takes readers on
another year-long journey, this time through Appalachia -- by
canoe, bicycle and white-water raft.. He skims lightly over the
depths and navigates the rapids with humor and a sharp eye for
telling detail."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Far Appalachia is a lyrical journey through the heart of the
mountain South. It is a New River voyage through time and memory
penned by a gifted son of Appalachia who -- with the best of us --
has both wings and roots."
-- Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Songcatcher
Praise for Noah Adams's Piano Lessons:
"Charming ... his delight in music-making is palpable."
-- The New Yorker
"[A] charming memoir -- Adams clearly possesses a gift that too
many teachers don't -- the ability to convey just how much fun it
is to make music, and just how many different ways there are for a
piece of music to be beautiful."
-- Newsday
"Entertaining and surprising detail -- Piano Lessons will make you
a believer in the quest to find and make music and will have you
falling back in love with your own dreams, whatever they may
be."
-- John Hockenberry, correspondent, ABC News, author of Moving
Violations
"An affectionate tribute ... [from] a writer of considerable
merit."
--The Seattle Times
"A truly absorbing story ... with humor and candor ... Adams is a
gifted interviewer with a good ear for a story, and Piano Lessons
is full of them."
-- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Genuinely moving ... Adams writes in the same earnest ... tone
that has endeared him to radio listeners for more than twenty
years."
-- San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
"The balance of storytelling -- about pianos specifically, and then
into music in general and back again -- rings nicely, with plenty
of pushed pedals to sustain it."
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"This is a wonderful book, which has a generous, transcendental
beauty. The fascination of the river journey lies, for me, in the
small details, which refresh and stir the reader like the smell of
coffee by a campfire in the morning. I bet I won't be the only
reader to be reminded of Thoreau."
-- Jonathan Kozol , author of Amazing Grace
A memoir cum travel journey from the cohost of NPR's All Things Considered. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
"The host of NPR's All Things Considered now takes readers
on another year-long journey, this time through Appalachia -- by
canoe, bicycle and white-water raft.. He skims lightly over the
depths and navigates the rapids with humor and a sharp eye for
telling detail."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Far Appalachia is a lyrical journey through the heart of
the mountain South. It is a New River voyage through time and
memory penned by a gifted son of Appalachia who -- with the best of
us -- has both wings and roots."
-- Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Songcatcher
Praise for Noah Adams's Piano Lessons:
"Charming ... his delight in music-making is palpable."
-- The New Yorker
"[A] charming memoir -- Adams clearly possesses a gift that too
many teachers don't -- the ability to convey just how much fun it
is to make music, and just how many different ways there are for a
piece of music to be beautiful."
-- Newsday
"Entertaining and surprising detail -- Piano Lessons will
make you a believer in the quest to find and make music and will
have you falling back in love with your own dreams, whatever they
may be."
-- John Hockenberry, correspondent, ABC News, author of Moving
Violations
"An affectionate tribute ... [from] a writer of considerable
merit."
--The Seattle Times
"A truly absorbing story ... with humor and candor ... Adams is a
gifted interviewer with a good ear for a story, and Piano
Lessons is full of them."
-- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Genuinely moving ... Adams writes in the same earnest ... tone
that has endeared him to radio listeners for more than twenty
years."
-- San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
"The balance of storytelling -- about pianos specifically, and then
into music in general and back again -- rings nicely, with plenty
of pushed pedals to sustain it."
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"This is a wonderful book, which has a generous, transcendental
beauty. The fascination of the river journey lies, for me, in the
small details, which refresh and stir the reader like the smell of
coffee by a campfire in the morning. I bet I won't be the only
reader to be reminded of Thoreau."
-- Jonathan Kozol , author of Amazing Grace
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