02914nam 2200589Ia 450 991082841180332120200520144314.00-8166-9650-0(CKB)1000000000688602(EBL)316717(OCoLC)614468682(SSID)ssj0000282090(PQKBManifestationID)11214702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282090(PQKBWorkID)10326491(PQKB)11368285(Au-PeEL)EBL316717(CaPaEBR)ebr10194374(CaONFJC)MIL522805(MiAaPQ)EBC316717(EXLCZ)99100000000068860220040105e20041927 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMostly Mississippi[electronic resource] a very damp adventure /Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author1st University of Minnesota Press ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press20041 online resource (404 p.)Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series"First published by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc. in 1927"--T.p. verso.0-8166-4438-1 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 ECHOCHAPTER XXII: MEMORY LANECHAPTER XXIII: HOBO JUNGLE; CHAPTER XXIV: DRIFT; CHAPTER XXV: THE TIDE; CHAPTER XXVI: THE BAYOUS; CHAPTER XXVII: THE JOYOUS CITYA 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 MormoFesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.Canoes and canoeingMississippi RiverMississippi RiverDescription and travelMississippi River ValleyDescription and travelMississippi River ValleyHistory, LocalCanoes and canoeing917.704Speakman Harold1888-1928.1676419MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828411803321Mostly Mississippi4042574UNINA