Description One Man, One Canoe, Nineteen Friends, One Majestic River Pass the Paddle: Mississippi Dreamin\' Come Hell or High Water is Jerry Schumm\'s (aka the Paddlin\' Pastor) memoir of his journey down the Mississippi River.
Since retirement she enjoys new travel adventures - particularly on seeing the world through the eyes of their grandchildren, Jack and Soph.
She is the author of multiple textbooks books and research articles.
Her research and teaching focused on struggling readers.
Jeanne tells her grandchildren she had the best job in the world - as a professor she got paid to learn.
Jeanne Shay Schumm is Professor Emerita from the University of Miami.
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John Maybin De Fraites, Jr. g., canoeing, sailing, boating fishing, camping, golfing, or simply working in the yard.
Jerry is most comfortable in the out of doors, e.
This has included many trips abroad and setting foot in all 50 states.
Jerry and his wife Jeanne (now married 50 years) have always had the bug for travel adventures.
The "Paddlin\' Pastor" did so with the assistance of nineteen paddling partners.
In late 2000, he lived out a life-long dream - canoeing the Mississippi River from the headwaters in Lake Itasca to New Orleans.
Schumm is a retired United Church of Christ minister and Miami-Dade County Public School social studies teacher.
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About the Author Jerry Schumm Rev.
More importantly, it is the tale of a man who has the qualities needed to actualize a life-long dream: positive attitude, persistence, and patience.
It also is the story of family, friendship, spirituality, and the goodness of folks met along the way.
For fellow adventurers, the book provides a day-by-day documentation of the Mississippi River voyage from the headwaters at Lake Itasca to New Orleans.
A ceremonial paddle was passed from one canoeist to the next-a giant relay.
Friends and family members signed up for "legs" of the river.
Jerry never paddled alone.
It was an excursion like no other.
Description One Man, One Canoe, Nineteen Friends, One Majestic River Pass the Paddle: Mississippi Dreamin\' Come Hell or High Water is Jerry Schumm\'s (aka the Paddlin\' Pastor) memoir of his journey down the Mississippi River
