Down the Mississippi with Stinky: Two Women, a Canoe, and a Kitten (Wisconsin)
by Dorie Brunner
Category: Biography & Autobiography

An interesting and exciting chronicle of two Wisconsin schoolteachers, who in 1960 spent their summer vacation canoeing the 2,300-plus miles of the Missippi River from its headwaters in Minnesota to New Orleans. Dorie Brunner and Lou Germann's story is full of adventures and colorful characters, in particular a kitten named Stinky, rescued from almost-fatal muck by the intrepid travelers. Brunner writes the story almost 50 years after the journey, relying on memory and photos.