High Water

By Richard Pike Bissell

Book Overview

"The story of these crewmen and their hopeless fight to bring the Royal Prince into port pushing her cargo ahead of her is so compelling that every sensitive reader will resent each drop of rain that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000NPWOT2
• Release Date: January 1954
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Life's Characters

Richard Bissell is a master of dialogue and character development. The story of one trip on a tow boat up the Mississippi unfolds almost as a back-drop, as conversations between characters reveal the lives of the boatmen and their perspectives on life. One of these marvelous perspectives, on growing older, was "...there is such a short time between being scared and wondering how to purchase a ticket to Sioux City, and then all of a sudden knowing too much about tickets, trains, and especially Sioux City." This is a wonderful book. If you are from the Midwest, you will appreciate the honest, uncomplicated, realistic way Bissell presents the people and places, without the sarcasm of Sinclair Lewis. And, no matter where you are from, you will recognize the character types and enjoy the subtle presentation of deeply thoughtful insight found in "High Water."