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- catalog abstract ""In 1925, Harold Speakman and his new wife, Frances "Russell"" Lindsay Speakman, journeyed down the entire Mississippi River, from the headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, on a twenty-foot houseboat." "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. They also meet William Alexander Percy, the "Poet of the Delta"; Laura Frazer, the inspiration for Mark Twain's Becky Thatcher; and the prototypical "lady from Dubuque" as described by the New Yorker." "Illustrated by Harold Speakman's paintings and sketches and Russell Speakman's delightful drawings, Mostly Mississippi captures the deepening emotional bond of a newly married couple embarked on a grand adventure."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13169313.
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Valley Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Mississippi River Valley History, Local.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog 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. They also meet William Alexander Percy, the "Poet of the Delta"; Laura Frazer, the inspiration for Mark Twain's Becky Thatcher; and the prototypical "lady from Dubuque" as described by the New Yorker."".
- catalog description ""Illustrated by Harold Speakman's paintings and sketches and Russell Speakman's delightful drawings, Mostly Mississippi captures the deepening emotional bond of a newly married couple embarked on a grand adventure."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In 1925, Harold Speakman and his new wife, Frances "Russell"" Lindsay Speakman, journeyed down the entire Mississippi River, from the headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, on a twenty-foot houseboat."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "360 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0816644381 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Valley Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River Valley History, Local.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River.".
- catalog subject "917.704 22".
- catalog subject "Canoes and canoeing Mississippi River.".
- catalog subject "F354 .S74 2004".
- catalog subject "Speakman, Harold, 1888- Travel Mississippi River Valley.".
- catalog subject "Speakman, Harold, 1888- Travel Mississippi River.".
- catalog subject "Speakman, Harold, 1888-1928 Travel Mississippi River Valley.".
- catalog subject "Speakman, Harold, 1888-1928 Travel Mississippi River.".
- catalog title "Mostly Mississippi : a very damp adventure / Harold Speakman ; with a number of drawings by Russell Lindsay Speakman and the author.".
- catalog type "Local history. fast".
- catalog type "text".