An interesting and exciting chronicle of two Wisconsin school-teachers, who in 1960 spent their summer vacation canoeing the 2,300-plus miles of the Mississippi River from its headwater to New Orleans. Dorie Brunner and Lou Germann?s story is full of adventures and colorful characters, in particular a kitten named Stinky, rescued from almost-fatal muck by the intrepid travelers. Brunner writes the story almost 50 years after the journey, relying on memory and photos.