Hey. I’m Dean Klinkenberg, and I love sharing stories, especially about the people and places along the Mississippi River. Old Man River cuts a deep path through the heart of North America and through our collective imaginations. I can’t get enough of it, and neither can Frank Dodge, the central character in my mystery series.
I grew up in the American Midwest and developed wanderlust at an early age, thanks to a family that took long summer road trips and couldn’t settle in one place for more than a couple of years. After I finished high school in southern Minnesota, I set aside my ambitions to become a professional bowler and went to college in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where the Mississippi River first got its hooks in me…
Check out my new travel memoir, Better Safe Than Sorry? Slow Boats, Chicken Buses, and the Radical Choice to Trust the World.
A book that asks, What happens when you stop asking “What if something goes wrong?” and start asking “What if everything goes right?”
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