Rinker Buck | Life on the Mississippi

4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road,Raleigh NC 27609

23 September, 2022

Description

Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Rinker Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America’s first western frontier. Rinker Buck began his career in journalism at the Berkshire Eagle and was a longtime staff writer for the Hartford Courant. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, Life, and many other publications, and his work has won the PEN New England Award, the Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Oregon Trail, Flight of Passage, and First Job. He lives in Tennessee. _________________Please note: All in-person events are subject to change. Can't attend live? Order a signed, personalized copy here.