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Book Review of The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston)

The Morning River : A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in 1825 (Man From Boston)
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During the winter of 1825, Richard Hamilton,a timid Harvard student, arrives in St. Louis on business for his father. Robbed and beaten, he joins the crew of the Maria, a keelboat. Bound for the dangerous Indian country of the Yellowstoe River, Richard begins the adventure of a lifetime.