Most individuals solely contemplate the Mississippi River once they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. However yearly, thousands and thousands of tons of cargo are transported by towboats on the river. In Peep Mild: Tales of a Mississippi River Boat Captain, Captain Lee Hendrix supplies distinctive perception on individuals who work and reside on and close to the Mississippi River. Hendrix, previously a pilot for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., has labored on the Mississippi for 50 years, first as a towboat deckhand in 1972 and ultimately as a pilot of towboats and passenger vessels. In 2014, Hendrix turned captain of the towboat Mississippi with the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers, then he later retired to return to passenger vessels. For Hendrix and others like him, he’s at residence on the river, residing and eating with the identical individuals they work with, working with acquainted faces for years at a time and but assembly new individuals daily.
Demonstrating a fascination not solely with the river but additionally with the passions and desires of those that reside and work on it, these tales vary from private reflections on getting older, experiencing one’s first night time on the river and the advanced feelings that include it, engaged on the deck, promotion to pilot, the characters working aboard these boats, and the historical past of the river itself. Peep Mild unites people with the river by way of participating storytelling and sheds mild on Hendrix’s uncommon expertise alongside one of the highly effective and essential waterways on the earth.
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