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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
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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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