Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1501106376 ISBN13: 9781501106378 Release Date: August 2022 Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Length: 416 Pages Weight: 1.70 lbs. Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.3" NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Audacious...Life on the Mississippi sparkles." --The Wall Street Journal * "A rich mix of history, reporting, and personal introspection." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch * "Both a travelogue and an engaging history lesson about America's westward expansion." --The Christian Science Monitor 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. Seven years ago, readers around the country fell in love with a singular American voice: Rinker Buck,