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Discover the amazing flora and fauna of the Mississippi River—and the best ways to explore it, state by state! Did you know one quarter of North American fish species are native to the Mississippi River? Or that over three hundred species of birds migrate along the Mississippi River? The Mississippi River is an icon, yet few of us really understand its fundamental essence: its natural world. Its wetlands, prairies, and bluffs support mammals, ...

A Classic American Road Trip Updated and Expanded! The second edition of the popular guide to travel along the Mississippi River now includes more river towns and more ways to get the most from a trip (or many trips) along the Mississippi River. Explore the quiet spaces and bustling places along the Great River Road, from historic small towns to culturally rich big cities. Find out which hikes come with dramatic views of the Mississippi Ri...

In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain personified the river as "Sudden Death and General Desolation! Sired by a hurricane, dam'd by an earthquake, half-brother to the cholera, nearly related to the small-pox on the mother's side! Look at me! I take nineteen alligators and a bar'l of whiskey for breakfast when I'm in robust health, and a bushel of rattlesnakes and a dead body when I'm ailing!" Twain's time as a steamboat pilot show...

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 inno...

He knows not to bury the lead. But if he follows this story, he could end up six feet under... If you like real-life gangsters, page-turning action, and a dash of snarky humor, then you'll love Dean Klinkenberg's gripping whodunit.

He's got his first plum assignment. But has this travel writer bitten off more than he can chew?Frank Dodge can't wait to dig into what he hopes is the biggest story of his career. Hired by a national magazine to pen a piece on the Midwest culinary scene, he brings his appetite for a scoop to a small river town's food convention. But he's forced to put his story on the backburner when a suspicious fire claims two innocent lives…After the blaze...

Frank Dodge, disgruntled and desperate for a story to write about, has a hot tip: Miguel Ramirez could be one of the last surviving descendants of a brutal gangster named John Looney. Dodge sees this as a good story to sell, so he concocts a plan to meet the young man. When Ramirez is found floating in the Mississippi River, Dodge finds himself without a story and on the wrong side of a murder investigation. As Dodge and his buddy, homicide de...

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