01497cam a2200337 i 4500 742107402 TxAuBib 20230331120000.0 220425s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781501106378 1501106376 (OCoLC)1313482453 TxAuBib rda Buck, Rinker, 1950-, author. Life on the Mississippi : An Epic American Adventure / Rinker Buck. First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2022] ©2022. 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. "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."--Amazonn. 20230331. BPL: Norman Minsky Fund. Buck, Rinker, 1950- Travel Mississippi River. Flatboats Mississippi River History. Mississippi River Travel. Mississippi River History.