How the Mississippi shantyboats helped build a culture

I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown godsullen, untamed and intractable Dry Salvages, T. S. Eliot Long before Wes Modes began planning a journey down the Mississippi, he started building a traditional bargebottom houseboat in a California backyard out of rustic reclaimed materials old fences and chicken coops). Once his shantyboat was complete he hatched a plan to transport it across the country from Santa Cruz to Minnesota to begin a HuckFinn style jo