Tag: art
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Monkey-Run-by-the-Cement-Works in “Mostly Mississippi”
By Gregg Andrews When I was doing the research that led to my book, Shantyboats and Roustabouts, I read many travel narratives of the Mississippi River. One of them was Mostly Mississippi (1927) by author and artist Harold Speakman. His wife, Frances “Russell” Lindsay Speakman, was an illustrator and well-known muralist. Shortly after they married…
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Paddling to Freedom Across the Mississippi
It was nigh daybreak by the time Enoch and Liza reached the river, where Wash “waited in a canoe-like boat moored under heavy willows.” With baby James in her arms, Liza stepped into the boat, and the four of them set out across the river.
