Hey, all, Kenny Salwey, the "Last River Rat," has a new book coming out
this fall. Here's a release I received yesterday announcing it.
Later...
The river rat is
back! Following the success of "The Last River Rat," "Kenny Salwey[base ']s Tales of a
River Rat" presents even more of this legendary storyteller[base ']s "rat tales" that
are sure to delight, inform, and entertain.
Using six
thousand acres of Upper Mississippi River
valley swamps and floodplain forests as his stomping grounds, Kenny Salwey grew
up learning the ways of the old-time river rats. Today, he holds the honored
title of Last River Rat.
A born
storyteller, Kenny inherited the ability to spin a tale from his maternal
grandmother. In this latest collection of "rat tales," Kenny pursues runaway
steers through the river bottoms, battles a wary old trout, and shares his
sleeping quarters with a black bear. Kenny also partakes of the quieter things
in life, like sauntering through the swamp, befriending a pair of squirrels, and
kickin[base '] skunk cabbage. Through all his backwater adventures and misadventures,
Kenny never stops learning from his natural world.
Balancing
insight with laughter, and populated with a colorful array of swampland
travelers and animals, Kenny[base ']s tall tales bring alive the rich simplicity of a
life lived along the mighty Mississippi.
About the
Author
Known as the Woodsman of the Mississippi Backwaters[~]he[base ']s a hunter,
trapper, outdoor guide, and self-sufficient woodsman[~]Kenny Salwey cut his milk
teeth on a canoe paddle and seasoned it with Mississippi mud. He[base ']s a Mississippi river guide for hunting, fishing and nature
watching; a storyteller; an instructor on environmental education; and a keynote
speaker.
Kenny Salwey is also the focus of an award-winning 2005 BBC/Discovery
Channel documentary, "Mississippi: Tales of the Last River
Rat."
