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Life on the Mississippi : an epic American adventure  Cover Image Book Book

Life on the Mississippi : an epic American adventure / Rinker Buck.

Buck, Rinker, 1950- (author.).

Summary:

'Life on the Mississippi' is an enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck Rinker builds an authentic wooden flatboat from the early 1800s and pilots it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of the river and its grand flatboat era that dramatically expanded the country in the decades before Western expansion.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501106378
  • Physical Description: 397 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Colour illustrations on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Buck, Rinker, 1950- > Travel > Mississippi River.
Mississippi River > Description and travel.
Mississippi River > History.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Invermere Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Invermere Public Library 917.704 BUC (Text) IPL059683 Adult Non Fiction Volume hold Available -


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