Book: Paddling South
Winnipeg to New Orleans by Canoe
By Rick Ranson
(Paperback)
121 pagesIn the Fall of 1969, Rick Ranson and John Van Landeghem took on the mighty Red and Mississippi Rivers, traveling from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to New Orleans, Louisiana by canoe. The recent high school grads saw it all: they ducked bullets in St. Louis, encountered a whirlpool, snow storms and a hurricane and even spent a few days in the Fargo City Jail. A deft storyteller, Ranson recounts this humorous and adventurous tale in 3 – 5 page vignettes that are sure to entertain.
