In Mississippi Odyssey we enter Chris Markhams great adventure of boat-hiking the Mississippi River by houseboat, towboat, and freighter. a pleasant booka good choiceLibrary Journal engagingI recommend it to anyone with wanderlust in their blood.Alan Barubas Bookviews. best book about the real river.Captain Buddy Howell, river pilot.
TheRiverHiker is author Chris Markham. "Writing is a jealous mistress and I work as a photographer to buy my time with her. Because, as most American writers know, it is not a good idea to quit your day job.
"And at an early age I got to like being on the American road, meeting people and seeing the country at eyelevel. There's something special for me, a certain kind of magic, in that sunrise cup of coffee in a roadside café outside a town where my boots have not yet seen Main Street. . . ."
Chris's work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including Modern Short Stories, 2AM, Right Here, Fiction Writers Monthly, Northwoods Journal, Info: A World of $ense, Grit, The Iconoclast (issues #93, 2006, and issue 104, 2010). . . . Since his teens, his hitchhiking thumb has carried him into adventures across America, and his first book, MISSISSIPPI ODYSSEY, is a journal of his experiences hitchhiking boat rides down the Mississippi River. It received good reviews--Library Journal, Waterways Journal, Catholic Weekly, Alan Caruba's Bookviews--and a testimonial (unsolicited) from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
It was offered as a Featured Alternate by the Family Bookshelf Book Club, and a new edition was recently released as part of the Backinprint.com program sponsored by The Authors Guild.
"Time" in The Iconoclast (Mohegan Lake, NY) issue #93, 2006
"It's Just a Rattlesnake" The Iconoclast (Mohegan Lake, NY) issue #104, 2010
(Read Chris's essay, "The Writer Who Couldn't Read," in the inspirational book for writers, A Cup of Comfort For Writers.)
