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Sherry Pardee following a presentation at the Canton Public Library in Missouri. “Bus was one of those special people that you meet in life," she said about Clinton "Bus" Downs, the subject of her book.
Rich Egger
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A book by an Iowa-based folklorist and photographer chronicles life on the Mississippi River during the 20th century through the eyes of a western Illinois man whose life revolved around the river.

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