Tag: travel narratives
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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…
