Back To Beaver Island by Kathy Flippo
216 pages. Soft Cover. More than 250 illustrations. This book is a sequel to Beaver Island Remembered. The author delves more deeply into the lives of those residents of Beaver island (just off the right bank of the Mississippi River at Clinton, Iowa). The island became populated in the middle of the last century and remained so through the mid 1900s. Ever wonder what people did on a small island in the Mississippi? They had a blast - and some hard times, too. If you missed the first book, don't miss this one. If you have the first book, it's still worth the chips, because the author invited all of the surviving island residents and their families back to the island for a get-together. This meant scads of new pictures and tons of new information. Usually same- or second-day shipping!

Beaver Island Remembered - by Kathy Flippo
112 pages. Generously illustrated. Soft cover. Now in its third printing. This popular book is a history of some of the people who lived on Beaver Island (just off the Mississippi River right bank at Clinton, Iowa) from the time Charles and Ann Meyers settled there in 1840 until March 1995. We get a glimpse of the "Beaver Island War," which took place in 1842, clearly establishing that the Clintonians ruled the island. From then on, the upper end of the island drew many settlers, mostly of Swedish and German descent. The island was a sportsmen’s paradise, and Kathy Flippo describes what it was like to work on the island, what residents (128 when the population was at its peak) did for fun, for transportation, for education, and for groceries, and how they survived during high water. Usually same- or second-day shipping!

Between The Saints:  Louis and Paul by Kathy Flippo
325 pages. Generously illustrated. Soft cover. Nonfiction: Upper Mississippi. This marvelous book is a must for anyone even thinking about working on the river or for those just wondering what river life is like. Author’s captain husband spent 50 years on the river. She spent much time on towboats and tells all (almost). Describes river towns and displays pictures of hundreds of boats. It will keep you turning pages. Usually same- or second-day shipping!

The Good Lord Hates a Coward - by Capt. Joseph J. Kinneary, Ph.D.
154 pages. Soft cover. Nonfiction. From the book cover: "A hearing involving a United States Coast Guard administrative action is convened at a criminal courtroom in Manhattan. Veteran merchant mariner captain, Joseph K., has been charged with Misconduct for failing to urinate according to a narrow regulation for a random drug test and for failing to properly document his nonurinator condition. The associated court transcripts and legal briefs serve as an introduction into modern day maritime culture. Personal journals, vessel log books, and navigation work books are used to examine related topics, including social interactions aboard modern merchant vessels and technical aspects of shipboard life. The theme of modern man and the sea is interwoven throughout the book and serves as a background for a bizarre run-in with the drug testing establishment over federally mandated random drug testing." Every holder of a Coast Guard license is subject to the random drug tests. This means that what Capt. Kinneary went through, every licensed riverman can go through. Usually same- or second-day shipping!