Prologue : jump in! the water's fine -- Dipping a toe in the water -- My boat -- Day tripper -- Tina was right! -- Three river blues -- What a difference a day makes -- Safety first -- Hundreds of ticks and one bear -- No man ever steps in the same river (bar) twice -- Drifting off in the driftless area -- Introduction to Mike Clark, Big Muddy -- Stuck in the Gateway City -- The Bluz Cruz -- Vicksburg, the Key City, to Natchez, the Bluff City -- Natchez to Angola Prison -- Three kings : cotton, BB and Rev. Dr. Martin, Jr. -- Source to sea (S2S), the Atchafalaya River -- From peanuts to Popeye -- Celebrating The Rivergator -- Take the Last Train to . . . -- Going down to Rosedale -- Natchez and points south -- From the City of Saints to the Saintly City -- NOLA to Coda -- Twelve hundred miles uphill -- Board 'n bottle -- Reflections.
Summary:
"The story of a journey of discovery on the country's most celebrated waterway, and an exploration of the wonderment, joy, and fear that will invariably grab hold of you when you're sitting alone in a 14-foot plastic boat on America's greatest river: the mighty Mississippi"-- Provided by publisher.
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