Five Books for the Perceptive Traveler

A unique view of a working river, a practical business book, short stories from the days when Ohio and Indiana were frontier country, a biography, a novel — no guidebooks on the list this time. Each of these books holds ideas of interest to the perceptive traveler, though. Jessica DuLong is a journalist. She’s also the daughter of a man who works with his hands. Those two perspectives help inform the stories she tells in My River Chronicles.It’s memoir mixed with history, as duLong is drawn to volunteer on the fireboat John J. Harvey, a historic craft which sails the

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