Mississippi Solo av Eddy L Harris

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<p><b>INTRODUCED BY ADAM WEYMOUTH, award-winning author of <i>The Kings of Yukon</i></b><br><br><b>''A wonderful book -- and a highly original contribution to the literature of travel''</b> PAUL THEROUX<br><br><b>''The Mississippi. Mighty, muddy, dangerous, rebellious and yet a strong, fathering kind of river. The river captured my imagination when I was young and has never let go.''</b><br><br><i>Mississippi Solo </i>tells the story of one man''s voyage by canoe down the Mississippi River from its source in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico - a longtime dream, and a journey of over 2,000 miles through the heart of America. <br><br> Paddling into the Southern states - going from ''where there ain''t no black folks to where they still don''t like us much'' - Eddy is confronted by the legacy of slavery and modern racism, including an incident with a pair of shotgun-toting bigots. There are also the dangers of passing barges, wild dogs roaming the wooded shore, and navigating a waterway tha