Pushing the River Frank Bures - Pushing the River
January 28, 2026 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Overview
A book talk on Frank Bures Pushing the River
Frank Bures is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in Harper’s, Outside, The Atlantic, and many other publications. His stories have been included in The Best American Travel Writing anthologies. He lives in Minneapolis.
In this thrilling collection, Bures tells true stories as varied as the waters, weather, and rhythms of a canoe trip. From the terror of two kayakers who barely escaped from the 2011 Pagami Creek Fire in the Boundary Waters to two young campers who had a supernatural scare in Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park in the 1970s to the author’s own incredible rescue, Bures narrates the full range of what it means to push the river. The heart of the book is a telling of the lost history of the Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby, an annual 450-mile race on the Upper Mississippi in the 1940s and 1950s that changed the course of modern canoeing.
Pushing the River Frank Bures - Pushing the River
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Pushing the River Frank Bures - Pushing the River6 West Fifth St
Saint Paul, MN 55102