Boats On A River

Emulating a dusty, torn-to-shreds book of adventures you'd pull out of a satchel while crossing the open prairie, Boats On A River is an intimate trail through history's moments, chanced by a traveler out of sync with it all. Newly elected to present-day Congress, Franklin Knight is cantankerous, a bit of a dreamer, and a man with more than his share of baggage-a complicated gentleman. Scattered throughout America's long march to a contemporary semblance of civility are loners and ragtag co...