Life on the Mississippi : an epic American adventure / Rinker Buck.
"[In] Life on the Mississippi, Buck chronicles his latest grand adventure: building an authentic wooden flatboat from the bygone flatboat era of the early 1800s and journeying down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. A modern-day Huck Finn, Buck casts off down the river accompanied by an eccentric crew of daring shipmates. Over the course of his voyage, Buck steers his fragile wooden craft through narrow channels dominated by massive cargo barges, rescues his first mate gone overboard, sails blindly through fog, clashes with overzealous period reenactors, and much more. In addition, he charts his own geographical and emotional journey while also delivering a richly satisfying work of history that brings to life a lost era. The role of the flatboat in our country's evolution is far more significant than most Americans realize. Decades before we struck out for the Western territories, we migrated Southwest en masse. Between 1800 and 1840, millions of farmers, merchants, and hopeful pioneers embarked from states like Pennsylvania and Virginia on wooden flatboats headed beyond the Appalachians to places like Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The mighty river currents carried waves of settlers and tons of cargo from farms to ports, populating new territories and revolutionizing the American landscape. As Buck points out, the inland rivers of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys were in fact America's first western frontier." --provided by Goodreads.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501106378
- ISBN: 1501106376
- Physical Description: 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes index (pages 385-397). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Rivers. Boatbuilding. Flatboats. Travelers' writings. Adventure stories. Mississippi River > Description and travel. Mississippi River. |
Genre: | Travel writing. |
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marion County Library | 910 BUC (Text) | PPL81048 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Adair County Public Library | A 977 Buc (Text) | 34029002643061 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Camdenton | 910 Buck (Text) | 31320003875213 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Stoutland | 910 Buck (Text) | 31320003874521 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Sunrise Beach | 910 Buck (Text) | 31320003880072 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | 917.704 BUC (Text) | 33042004855469 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Archie | 910 BUC 2022 (Text) | 0002205392901 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
De Soto Public Library | 910 Buc (Text) | 33858000016510 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Dulany Memorial Library | FIC BUC (Text) | 35712001529281 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Festus Public Library | 910 Buck (Text) | 32017000083048 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Howard County Public Library | 910 (Text) | 34658000127865 | Non-Fiction | Checked out | 05/17/2024 |
Jefferson County Library-Arnold | 917.7043 BUCK (Text) | 30061100069216 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Cedar Hill | 917.7043 BUCK (Text)
Digital Bookplate:
Purchased with A&E Funds -- 2022
|
30031100116770 | Non-Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
Jefferson County Library-Northwest | 917.7043 BUCK (Text) | 30051100069225 | Non-Fiction | Checked out | 05/09/2024 |
Jefferson County Library-Windsor | 917.7043 BUCK (Text) | 30065100069233 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Huntsville | 910 BUCK (Text) | 2004721987 | Non-Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | 910 BUCK (Text) | 2004721979 | Non-Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Paris | 910 BUCK (Text) | 2004721960 | Non-Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
Livingston County Library - Main Library | 917.7043 BUCK (Text) | 2601988738 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
North Kansas City Public Library | 910 BUCK 2022 (Text) | 0001002421988 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Polk County Library-Bolivar | 910 BUC (Text) | 34531000319880 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Polk County Library-Humansville | 910 BUC (Text) | 34531000319881 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Poplar Bluff - Main Library | 910 BUCK (Text) | 38420101773030 | NON-FICTION | Available | - |
Ray County Library | 917.7043 BUC (Text) | 2901800068 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Rolla Public Library | NF 917.7043 BUC (Text) | 38256101853673 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Salem Public Library | 910 Buc (Text) | 38264100546371 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Union | 917.7043 BUC (Text) | 3007670934 | Adult Display 1 | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Warrenton | 917.7043 BUC (Text) | 3007670942 | NonFiction | Available | - |
St. Joseph - Carnegie Library | 910 BUC (Text) | 32002005449952 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
St. Joseph - Downtown Library | 910 BUC (Text) | 32002005765365 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
St. Joseph - East Hills Library | 910 BUC (Text) | 32002005765381 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
St. Joseph - Washington Park Library | 910 BUC (Text) | 32002005765373 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Stone County-Galena | 910 BUC (Text) | 31358000555792 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Trails Regional-Holden | 910 BUC (Text) | 2205195106 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Washington Public Library | 917.7043 BUC (Text) | 3151380346 | Past & Present | Available | - |
Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield | 917.7 Buck (Text) | 3991351242 | * Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
West Plains Public Library | 977. BUC (Text) | 38268201275939 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |