Now, Buck returns to chronicle his latest incredible adventure: building a wooden flatboat from the bygone era of the early 1800s and journeying down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.Ī modern-day Huck Finn, Buck casts off down the river on the flatboat Patience accompanied by an eccentric crew of daring shipmates. AUTHOR AUTOGRAPHED HARDCOVERS OF LIFE ON THE MISSIPPIPPI CAN BE ORDERED BELOW.ĪBOUT THE NEW BOOK: 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.ħ years ago, readers around the country fell in love with a singular American voice: Rinker Buck, whose infectious curiosity about history launched him across the West in a covered wagon pulled by mules and propelled his book about the trip, The Oregon Trail, to 10 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. SOLD OUT EVENT OVERVIEW: Rinker Buck, The New York Times Bestselling Author of The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, will give a Multimedia Presentation about his New Hardcover Life on The Mississippi: An Epic American Journey on Friday, August 26, 2022 at 7:00 PM, at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205.
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