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050 00 $aPS3563.O87445$bZ46 2007
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100 1 $aMorris, Mary,$d1947-
245 14 $aThe River Queen :$ba memoir /$cMary Morris.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHenry Holt,$c2007.
300 $a270 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aIn fall 2005 travel writer Mary Morris set off down the Mississippi in a battered old houseboat called the River Queen, with two river rats named Tom and Jerry--and a dog who hated her. It was a time of emotional turmoil for Morris: her father had just died; her daughter was leaving home; life was changing all around her. So she decided to return to the Midwest where she was from, to the river she remembered. Morris describes living like a pirate and surviving a tornado. Because of Katrina, oil prices, and drought, the river was often empty--a ghost river. As she learned to pilot her boat and made peace with her dog, Morris got her groove back, reconnecting to her past. More important, she came away with her best book.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aMorris, Mary,$d1947-$xTravel$zMississippi River.
650 0 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$vBiography.
651 0 $aMississippi River$xDescription and travel.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006050681-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006050681-d.html