About this title: In 1933, Clarence Jonk, full of youthful naivete and an urge for adventure, decided to build a houseboat from scrap materials and float it the length of the Mississippi River. In the tradition of Huckleberry Finn and Henry David Thoreau, Jonk recounts a first-person tale of high adventure complete with wry and lyrical observations on life, love, and nature that capture the beauty and harshness of existence along the Mississippi River. Hoping to live rent free on a St Paul lake in hard times, Jonk, a carefree college student and would-be poet, cobbled together his own houseboat from empty oil ...
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Description: NY: Stein and Day 1964, HB, 221p., vg/g, previous owner name on second front end page, dustjacket showing scuffing and some chipping at spine ends, now in mylar. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Borealis Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780873514354ISBN:0873514351
Description: Very Good. Signed by author. Cover shows light edge wear. A few pages have been dog-eared. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Borealis Books
Date Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-13:9780873514354ISBN:0873514351
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780873514354. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press, Saint Pual, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780873514354ISBN:0873514351
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "In 1933, Clarence Jonk, full of youthful naivete and an erge for adventure, decided to build a houseboat from scrap materials and float it the length of the Mississippi River. RIVER JOURNEY is a small classic of travel writing and an indelible portrait of a young man coming of age during the Great Depression. " This book 223 pages and is illustrated. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pre
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780873514354ISBN:0873514351
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780873514354ISBN:0873514351
Description: New. In 1933, Clarence Jonk, full of yourthful naivete and an urge for adventur, decided to build a houseboat from scrap materials and float it the length of the Mississippi River. In the tradition of Huckleberry Finn and Henry David Thoreau, Jonk recount... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stein and Day, New York (
Date Published: 1964)
Description: First printing. Pages: 221. 5 7/8" x 8 1/2". Binding: Light orange cloth backed dark olive green boards, with small brown design and author's name at lower front board, brown titles and design at spine, top edge dark gray stained; green and white dustjacket with boat design at front, black titles at front and white and black at spine. A fine copy in a moderately edge worn dustjacket, remnants of sticker at upper edge near spine head. Original price of $4. 95 present at front flap. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780873514354ISBN:0873514351
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 223 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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