ABOUT THOMAS (Author)
Thomas Becknell grew up on the plains and prairies of Wyoming and Nebraska. He received his PhD from the University of Iowa and taught literature and writing in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for thirty-five years. His early love of stories, creeks, and streams led to a later fascination with the Mississippi River, and to the writing of this book.
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ABOUT KARI VICK (Illustrator)
Kari Vick’s childhood home was perched on the edge of a bluff above the Mississippi River in Red Wing, Minnesota. Bright lights of passing barges lit up her bedroom walls at night as lonely trains whistled their way along the river valley far below. She kayaked the slinky river bottoms with her husband, Jim, a kindred river rat. They now live and paddle along the north shore of Lake Superior in Lutsen, Minnesota. This is the ninth book she has illustrated. You can find more of her work at www.karivick.com.
