Ol' Man River. Memoirs Of A Riverboat Captain

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Afton Historical Society Press
Publisher Place: Afton.MS
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 223 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. That Bill Bowell Returned From World War II To Get A College Education, Raise A Family,make A Fortune In Printing And Plastics, And Build A Successful Riverboat Excursion Company Is A Riveting Tale In Itself.

Publishers Description: The MIGHTY Mississippi, the soul and symbol of Minnesota, has no greater champion than Bill Bowell. Decades before anyone else, he envisioned a thriving St. Paul riverfront and turned his dream of the Padelford Packet Boat Company into reality. Bill was twenty when he volunteered for the army following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Trained as a paratrooper, he jumped into Normandy on D-Day and fought in the Battle of the Bulgeâ€"two of the war’s most decisive campaigns. Following World War II, he came home to St. Paul to get a college education, raise a family, make a small fortune in printing and plastics, and build the enormously successful Padelford Packet Boat Company. His life’s story is a model for how he and others of “the greatest generationâ€� shaped this country.

ISBN: 9781890434694