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HAROLD SPEAKMAN
Copyright Date: 2004
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 380
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv27n
Book Description:
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 Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, as well as roustabouts, hoboes, farmers, drifters, Southern grandees, Native Americans, collegians thirsting for the real world, and convicts.
eISBN: 978-0-8166-9650-5
Subjects: Language & Literature