The Last River Rat: Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild

By J. Scott Bestul

Book Overview

Kenny Salwey is a modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, coming to know the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Now, Kenny shares... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896584577
• ISBN13: 9780896584570
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Voyageur Pr
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful window into life in nature

A month by month narrative about living off the land in the upper Mississippi River area. Each chapter covers activities corresponding to a month: picking mushrooms, fishing for trout then catfish, hunting for deer, digging for ginseng, etc. an easy, fun, quick read