During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the …
Spirited stories of the heroes and scoundrels who explored the Big Muddy—now back in print!The Mississippi River has intrigued the footloose for centuries. Here, for the first time …
Illustrated by Harold Speakman's paintings and sketches and Russell Speakman's delightful drawings, Mostly Mississippi captures the deepening emotional bond of a newly married …
A long-awaited new edition of the steamboating classic.George Byron Merrick chronicles the entire panorama of steamboat life he experienced in the mid-1800s, where he started as a …