River Fever: Adventures On The Mississippi, 1969-1972 (2019)
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, - Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / General, - Travel / United States / General -
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Will Bagley
Overview
<p>Beginning in the spring of 1969, Huckleberry Finn inspired a question: Could you build a raft, float down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, and on the way learn something about America and its peoples? Will Bagley, a vagrant longhair and future prize-winning western historian, and his friends could, and did. Now, a half century after the adventure, Bagley tells his story.</p>
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