Better Safe Than Sorry?: Slow Boats, Chicken Buses, and the Radical Choice to Trust the World (Audiobook)
$14.99A memoir about learning that the world is far less dangerous—and far more generous—than we’ve been told.
Travel writer and amateur sleuth Frank Dodge has a gift for finding trouble. Follow his adventures (and misadventures) as he travels to communities along the Mississippi River. You can read any of these books as stand alones or read them in order.

Get a set of the first three eBooks in the Frank Dodge mystery series and start binge reading today!
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A memoir about learning that the world is far less dangerous—and far more generous—than we’ve been told.

A memoir about learning that the world is far less dangerous—and far more generous—than we’ve been told.


A set of the first three eBooks in the Frank Dodge mystery series. Start binge reading today!

Four cards featuring beautiful views of the Mississippi River from the top of a bluff.


Every ton of sand leaves a hole. So does every lie.

Stories about the times everything went terribly wrong on the Mississippi River.

Some passengers came for the scenery. One came for justice.

Your Mississippi River road trip starts here, packed with ideas that will keep you coming back again and again.


The essential guide to understanding the Mississippi’s natural world and where to go to experience it.