DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI

by Clyde Robert Bulla ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1954

A lyrical quality elevates this simple story of a 13 year old Minnesota farm boy and his dream of going down the Mississippi to see the world. The time is 1850 is when Eric Lind, idling at his work on the farm, is presented with the opportunity to go as cook's helper on his logger cousin Gunder's raft. On the way to St. Louis they meet with adventures that stem both from the personality difficulties with other men on the raft and from acts of God, but though Eric has had a tough initiation to river life by the time he gets home, his determination has a strengthened so that he is willing to work out his boyhood in preparation for a life on the Mississippi.

Pub Date: April 1, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Crowell

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION