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A Missouri River Odyssey - 1939
Fort Benton to New Orleans
By Bob and Louise Lynd
Edited by
Henry L. Armstrong
Soft Cover $21.95
(Includes Photo Supplement to Bob and
Louise Lynd's Story)
Two great rivers...1939...a 3,500 mile trek...
This is a unique story of a young couple
who welcomed the challenge to traverse the treacherous but
romantic Missouri River, the longest on the continent, from near
the source until its water mingled with the Mississippi, then on
to the sea.
This book tells of the fantastic six month
adventure of Bob & Louise Lynd, who made the trip in a 17 foot
canoe, with little or no knowledge of canoeing, reporting to the
Tacoma Times newspaper whenever a post office could be accessed
near the river. The 110 reports sent were sometimes humorous or
historic with perhaps some politic mixed in, but always with
great enthusiasm and few doubts about finishing what they had
started. The good natured gibs of man and wife lighten the trip
for Bob and Louise and also for the reader.
They were much interested in native
culture, archaeology, the river people and the history of the
area they passed through. Their first purpose, however, was to
advertise and invite people on their river route, to Washington
State's Golden Jubilee to be celebrated July 21-23, 1939, and
further to travel through three other states, Montana, North
Dakota and South Dakota.
The book is 320 pages, which includes 110
reports written by Bob and Louise, It is an easy rocking chair
history lesson in a time period set in the waning days of the
Great Depression.
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