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Mostly Mississippi : a very damp adventure / Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Speakman, Harold, 1888-1928.
- Series:
- Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
- Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canoes and canoeing--Mississippi River.
- Canoes and canoeing.
- Mississippi River--Description and travel.
- Mississippi River.
- Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Mississippi River Valley--History, Local.
- Speakman, Harold, 1888-1928--Travel--Mississippi River.
- Speakman, Harold.
- Speakman, Harold, 1888-1928--Travel--Mississippi River Valley.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (404 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A classic American travel narrative that captures the soul of the river, Mostly Mississippi features lyrical descriptions of encounters with archetypal characters, landscapes, and experiences. The Speakmans meet lumberjacks in northern Minnesota and Mormo
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: DUCKS & PERSONAE; CHAPTER II: THE YOUNG RIVER; CHAPTER III: THE THICKET; CHAPTER IV: LADY INTO CATFISH; CHAPTER V: SSS-BANG!; CHAPTER VI: SOME WHO STRAY; CHAPTER VII: GOOD-BY CANOE; CHAPTER VIII: SHANTYBOAT; CHAPTER IX: OFF; CHAPTER X: A WRECK OR TWO; CHAPTER XI: ""YOU'LL TIE UP-""; CHAPTER XII: SLOUGH, BIRD, MODEL; CHAPTER XIII: CITIES; CHAPTER XIV: MORMONS; CHAPTER XV: BECKY AND IGNITION; CHAPTER XVI: THE SMOKY SAINT; CHAPTER XVII: LAND OF EGYPT; CHAPTER XVIII: HERE'S DIXIE; CHAPTER XIX: ALONG THE LEVEES; CHAPTER XX: COLOR OF THE SOUTH; CHAPTER XXI: BUGLE ECHO
- CHAPTER XXII: MEMORY LANECHAPTER XXIII: HOBO JUNGLE; CHAPTER XXIV: DRIFT; CHAPTER XXV: THE TIDE; CHAPTER XXVI: THE BAYOUS; CHAPTER XXVII: THE JOYOUS CITY
- Notes:
- "First published by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc. in 1927"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9650-0
- OCLC:
- 614468682
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