River Journey [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Jonk, Clarence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873514351 ISBN 13: 9780873514354

Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S., 2003

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Book by Jonk Clarence

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"The picture we get is that of an accident-prone poet aboard a Rube Goldberg house boat as it careens down the Upper Mississippi ricocheting from bank to bank."

"River Journey contains great snapshots of the great Depression but its true subject is youth. Who but a youthful optimist would see voyaging down the Mississippi on a homemade, rudderless boat not as folly but a terrific adventure? And it is."

Reseña del editor:

Hoping to live rent free on a St. Paul-area lake in hard times, Jonk, a carefree, sometime college student and poet, cobbled together his own houseboat from empty oil drums, scrap lumber, and two old Model T engines. Then, evicted by the local authorities, Jonk hauled his rudderless craft through city traffic to the Mississippi and boldly set out from Minneapolis bound for New Orleans in the chill month of October and into the teeth of an early winter. Accompanied at times by his sweetheart, friends, and a dog, Jonk fell overboard, was almost capsized by a blizzard, encountered hostile moonshiners, and fled angry farmers while scrounging for provisions on shore. Inexperience, hasty plans, and little cash made this 1933 journey a harrowing yet entertaining one as the boat reached La Crosse, Wisconsin, before being locked perilously in shifting ice for the winter.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0873514351
• ISBN 13: 9780873514354
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224