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In 1970 when I was 32, I sailed and drifted from Memphis to Helena, AR, 75 river miles in a 16ft. fiberglass sailboat I built from a kit in my basement. Took 2 1/2 days. Great adventure but scary with all the towboats and revetments. Had only Corps of Engineers navigation charts, sails and canoe paddle. Trip resulted in a 3300-word photo article in a national boating magazine published in 1972. My first professional bit of writing.
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  July 9, 2019 at 1:22 PM Mac Donnell Rare Books <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I've been in and out of the office and meant to reply to the thread on 
> canoe trips down the Mississippi. I have a question:
> 
> Has anyone compiled a list of published accounts by people who have 
> boated down the Mississippi? I'm not talking about people on steamboats, 
> but solo excursions, or trips by very small groups of people (say six or 
> less), in small riverboats (skiffs, canoes, etc.), who traveled down the 
> entire river.
> 
> I only know of seven, the earliest in 1887, two in the 1920s, one in 
> 1938, and the rest more recent.
> 
> Kevin
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