MINN of the Mississippi Holling Clancy Holling

MINN of the Mississippi Holling Clancy Holling is by the author of Paddle to the Sea but published 12 years later in 1951.  It is about a snapping turtle that begins his life in Little Elk Lake - the highest drainage lake going in to Lake Itasca and through a variety of human induced experiences he washes all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.  Since the Mississippi is our next expedition, it is a timely read and it really teaches a lot about both the rivers history and snappers natural history.

Because it was written in 1950, the language is stilted at times and African Americans are referred to as negroes, but there does not seem to be racial overtones as MINN meets people and places and we see through her eyes, but not through her mind.

I was very pleasantly surprised by the information packed in this "chapter book".