THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS -- hcMinneapolis -- ©1939; second printing 1964 -- 102pp
illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques
An account of a winter vacation down the Mississippi River in the Arkansas and Louisiana backwaters.
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The only reason to own this book is for the splendid black and white drawings of Francis Lee Jaques. Certainly it is why I bought it. The Jaques' had quite a reputation for their outdoor/nature writings and drawings, but Florence's writing, memoirs, seems so simple and unexciting. Whereas Francis' drawings still shine magnificently. No one has been able to match his work even today.
From the writing, I mostly got that Florence felt she was in over her head, and didn't like being left alone on backwater islands while Francis and a guide would take off in the canoe to search for ducks.
If you happen to see this book, it is well worth your time to thumb through it and admire the great pen and ink drawing work.
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