Rivers Revealed

<p>Written in an engaging conversational style <i>Rivers Revealed </i>combines the author's lifelong love of America's waterways with practical and historic information gathered from his three decades as a professional riverlorian for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company in New Orleans. A modern-day Huck Finn Jerry Hay spins yarns laced with personal anecdotes on such topics as navigating 500 miles of the Wabash River the trials and tribulations of building a sternwheeler reading the river how to plan your own river adventure a hair-raising but humorous river rescue an unforgettable goose named Gilligan the language of the rivers and riverboats early to present-day river navigation and much much more. A book for all who love Mark Twain these river adventures will entertain the landlubber and engage the boating enthusiast.</p>