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Author:

Buck, Rinker, 1950- author.

Title:

Life on the Mississippi [large print] : an epic American adventure / Rinker Buck.

Format:

[large print] :

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

671 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Buck, Rinker,--1950---Travel--Mississippi River.
Patience (Flatboat)
Flatboats--Mississippi River--History.
Mississippi River--Travel.
Mississippi River--History.
Large type books.
Large type books.
Travel writing.

Notes:

"Published in 2022 by arrangement with Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc."--Title page verso.

Summary:

"The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand 'flatboat era' of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier"--Amazon.com.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

ISBN:

9798885782197

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1343901701

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)