The Great River Road Vol 1

Author : James Henderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320031547
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great River Road (vol 1) written by James Henderson and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is volume 1 of a travelogue about my discovery of the Great River Road and personal journey down the entire length of the mighty Mississippi River. Along the way I encountered spectacular natural beauty, amazing historical sites, and fascinating people. I invite you to join me for a memorable trip!

Author : Dean Klinkenberg
Publisher : Travel Passages
ISBN 13 : 1735242810
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letting Go in La Crosse written by Dean Klinkenberg and published by Travel Passages. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The headline is explosive. The clock is ticking. Can he uncover the lies before a community self-destructs? Freelance journalist Frank Dodge vowed to stay by his estranged lover’s side until the bitter end. But when he’s offered a plum assignment covering the economic impact of frac sand mining, he’s torn between his career and reconciling with his dying ex. Believing he can do both, he’s midway through the gig when a bomb goes off, taking innocent lives. Discovering that corruption runs fatally deep in the clash between greedy corporates and luckless locals, Dodge chases the story into high-stakes territory. But the investigation takes him far from his former partner’s deathbed when he realizes his major national scoop could take down powerful forces causing widespread environmental destruction. Will Dodge’s exposure of greed-driven crime cost him more than a guilt-ridden promise? Letting Go in La Crosse is the third book in the gritty Frank Dodge mystery series. If you like snarky heroes, dark humor, and communities battling for survival, then you’ll love Dean Klinkenberg’s engaging page-turner. Buy Letting Go in La Crosse to reveal the truth today!

Author : Dean Klinkenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990851875
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Road Tripping Along the Great River Road written by Dean Klinkenberg and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the wonders of following the Mississippi River through the heart of the United States.

Author : Dean Klinkenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Road Tripping Along the Great River Road, Volume 1 written by Dean Klinkenberg and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Klinkenberg will help you explore the quiet spaces and bustling places along the Mississippi River, from historic small towns to culturally-rich big cities. Find out which hikes come with dramatic views of the river and which day cruises have the best chance to spot wildlife, like bald eagles, pelicans, and herons. Get advice about which museums to tour and where to find good local music. Find out which festivals offer quirky fun, and where to sample regional specilties like a juicy lucy, wild rice, walleye, and gooey butter cake."--backcover

Author : James Henderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320031561
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great River Road (vol 2) written by James Henderson and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is volume 2 of a travelogue about my discovery of the Great River Road and personal journey down the entire length of the mighty Mississippi River. Along the way I encountered spectacular natural beauty, amazing historical sites, and fascinating people. I invite you to join me for a memorable trip.

Author : Herb Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781716323348
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mississippi River Ramble written by Herb Williams and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mississippi River Ramble-Driving the Great River Road is a thirty day trip in a motorhome up the Great River Road National Scenic Byway from the small town of Venice, Louisiana, some eighty miles downriver from New Orleans, to Bemidji, Minnesota, over a thousand miles upriver. Enjoy the ride over hill and dale through picturesque scenery, enchanting historical small towns with names such as Bad Axe, Elsah, Genoa, Keokuk, Little Falls, New Madrid, Quincy, Red Wing, and Victory. Explore superlative larger cities, such as Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, and St. Louis. Enjoy the often lighthearted recollections of motor coach sightseeing trips of local attractions, such as the Crayfish Festival at Breaux Bridges, Louisiana; Mardi Gras, French Quarter, and Oak Alley Plantation in New Orleans; the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi; Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley; Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther was assassinated, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee; the St. Louis Arch, and the Budweiser Clydesdale Horses in St. Louis, the boyhood home of Mark Twain in Hannibal, Missouri; the Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois; Amana Colonies in Iowa; the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa; and the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Take pleasure in, and chuckle a bit with Herb Williams' fifth book and the first in a series covering his travels throughout the United States.

Author : Mary Ann Sternberg
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807150649
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Along the River Road written by Mary Ann Sternberg and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few thoroughfares offer as rich a history as Louisiana's River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In this third edition of her extremely popular guide, Along the River Road, Mary Ann Sternberg provides a revised introduction, new images, and updated information on sites and attractions as well as tales and local lore about favorite and overlooked destinations. Featuring background information about the area and a detailed guided tour -- upriver on the east bank and downriver along the west -- the book gives an overview of the River Road, serving as an accessible and definitive companion to exploring the corridor. Sternberg's abiding appreciation of the area's allure, garnered over twenty years, produces a must-have travel companion to a place that far exceeds its common reputation as only a parade of elegant antebellum mansions. In this new edition, she again encourages travelers to experience the many treasures of this wondrous byway for themselves, so they too can see how much it has changed over the past decade.

Author : William L. Shea
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803293441
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vicksburg Is the Key written by William L. Shea and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle for control of the Mississippi River was the longest and most complex campaign of the Civil War. It was marked by an extraordinary diversity of military and naval operations, including fleet engagements, cavalry raids, amphibious landings, pitched battles, and the two longest sieges in American history. Every existing type of naval vessel, from sailing ship to armored ram, played a role, and military engineers practiced their art on a scale never before witnessed in modern warfare. Union commanders such as Grant, Sherman, Farragut, and Porter demonstrated the skills that would take them to the highest levels of command. When the immense contest finally reached its climax at Vicksburg and Port Hudson in the summer of 1863, the Confederacy suffered a blow from which it never recovered. Here was the true turning point of the Civil War. ø This fast-paced, gripping narrative of the Civil War struggle for the Mississippi River is the first comprehensive single-volume account to appear in over a century. Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River tells the story of the series of campaigns the Union conducted on land and water to conquer Vicksburg and of the many efforts by the Confederates to break the siege of the fortress. William L. Shea and Terrence J. Winschel present the unfolding drama of the campaign in a clear and readable style, correct historic myths along the way, and examine the profound strategic effects of the eventual Union victory.

Author : Stephen Goodwin
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200111
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dream Golf written by Stephen Goodwin and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mike Keiser followed his instincts to build courses that speak to golf as a rugged adventure. Steve Goodwin's spirited book will speak to the golfing soul in you." —Lorne Rubenstein, columnist for The Globe and Mail (Canada) and author of A Season in Dornoch On a wild, windblown bluff high above the Pacific sits one of America’s premier golfing destinations, Bandon Dunes. Golf enthusiast Mike Keiser had the dream of building this British-style "links" course on a stretch of Oregon's rugged coast, and Dream Golf is the first all-inclusive account of how he turned his passion into a reality. Now, in this updated and expanded edition, golf writer Stephen Goodwin revisits Bandon Dunes and introduces readers to Keiser's latest effort there, a new course named Old Macdonald that will present golfers with a more rugged, untamed version of the game. This "new" approach to the sport is, in fact, a return to the game's origins, with a very deep bow to Charles Blair Macdonald (1856 –1939), the father of American golf course architecture and one of the founders of the U.S. Golf Association. This highly anticipated fourth course, designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Doak along with Jim Urbina — as detailed in Dream Golf — will further enhance Bandon Dunes' reputation as a place where golf really does seem to capture the ancient magic of the game.

Author : Lee Sandlin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307379515
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked River written by Lee Sandlin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves. Here is a minute-by-minute account of Natchez being flattened by a tornado; the St. Louis harbor being crushed by a massive ice floe; hidden, nefarious celebrations of Mardi Gras; and the sinking of the Sultana, the worst naval disaster in American history. Here, too, is the Mississippi itself: gorgeous, perilous, and unpredictable. Masterfully told, Wicked River is an exuberant work of Americana that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change.