The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.

The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteeenth century.

A simplified retelling of the classic story of the mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.

Four women, part of a group of classmates from Blue Ridge women's college who traveled down the Mississippi on a homemade raft in 1965, reunite thirty-five years later to share their memories, examine how their lives have turned out, and sprinkle the ashes of a fifth friend in the waters off New Orleans.

During the icy winter of 1857, riverboat man Abner Marsh is made captain of his own grand Mississippi steamboat by Joshua York, a vampire intent upon saving his maligned race from extinction.

These short stories, originally published in 1891, are set in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, or what Garland called the "Middle Border." They depict an agrarian life of exploitation, misogyny, and poverty. Garland's radical, realist stories refute romantic conceptions of the rural Midwest.

"Luce has come, literally, through hell, and she's trying to pick up the pieces. Earth is getting ready for the war to end all wars: it's angels versus demons and Luce is the only one who seems worried about humanity, the hapless pawns stuck in the middle. Between building an army and running for her life, she's got a lot on her plate - and that's not to mention her beloved Cole. As angels fall and violent forces begin to gather in the city, it's...

"War burned her. Famine nearly killed her. Now Death is at her heels. After her two worlds clashed apocalyptically, Luce Boudreau needed some time out. But Destiny had other ideas. When bodies begin washing ashore down the Mississippi River, Luce discovers they are part of a gruesome, lethal message. Her final sister, Death, is trying to break through. Every sign is clear: the end is coming, but earth will be destroyed - quite literally - over Luce's...

Retells in graphic novel format Twain's story about the adventures of a nineteenth-century boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.