Contents -- A Note to the Reader -- 1. What Lingers -- 2. My Reach -- 3. Swimming the Hudson -- 4. Courage -- 5. Home -- 6. A Life in a Boat -- 7. The Lost Dunes of Childhood -- 8. The Speed of Wind and Water -- 9. I'm Glad You Are Here -- 10. The Long Loneliness -- 11. Solace -- 12. Learning the River -- 13. If You Are Lucky -- 14. Fishing -- 15. Circling the City -- 16. Nubian Goats -- 17. Sturgeon Moon -- 18. Sitting by the River -- 19. Golden Club -- 20. Grave Sites -- 21. Summer Solstice -- 22. Love for a River -- Books Consulted -- Acknowledgments -- Maps of the Hudson River.