ShareIf you’ve never heard the tale of Jim the Wonder Dog, you’re missing out. That any dog is remembered 75 years after his life is pretty amazing, but according to report, Jim was pretty amazing.
Jim apparently could answer questions in languages his master didn’t understand, predict baseball game outcomes, pick people he’d never met [...]

ShareMuskie Fishing, I Did Not Know That
Walter Krause • Walter’s Guide Service
66 p. $14.95 • $16.13 w/tax • $19.63 w/tax and shipping
Soft Cover No Illustrations

Muskie Fishing, I Did Not Know That is a slim manual from a Southern Illinois expert fishing guide. It concentrates on one thing: the how-to thrill of [...]

ShareThat Son of a Gun Had Sense:
Mule Stories from the Bootheel Area during the 1930s-1940s Era
By Lonny Thiele • Stinson Press, Poplar Bluff
No ISBN • 2010 • 298 p. • $25.95; $28.01 w/tax • $31.51 w/tax and shipping

It’s hard to believe that people still alive in Missouri worked the land with mules as children, but [...]

ShareMany of you know about our selective list of Missouri outdoor and local books and DVDs we carry … if this is news to you, feel free to check them out online on our two webpages: www.traveler.com/travelerbooks.php and www.traveler.com/travelerbooks2.php We also carry most of these in stock in the office.
What you may not [...]

ShareIt’s Book Monday again at Traveler, with Jo on site if you’d like to stop by 21-B Vance Road for a little early holiday book shopping. I should be there from 9:30 to about 7 p.m. If I have to run out for something, I leave a note on the door. If you want to [...]

ShareOld Fish Hawk (4 audio CD set)
Written and narrated by Mitch Jayne
There is something eerie about hearing the dead speak, even in this modern age when we take audio and video for granted. Considering the theme of the late Mitch Jayne’s audio rendition of his novel Old Fish Hawk, that eeriness is trebled and sent [...]

Share I didn’t know much about being a high-school boy on the verge of becoming a man until I read Billy Barnstorm: The Birch Lake Bomber by Joel Vance.
The nameless narrator is equipped with truck keys, fishing pole, a sometimes proficiency at both base- and basketball, near [...]

ShareWe’ve gotten some pretty good new books, DVDs and CDs in this year, and we’re ready to get them out there in time for fall gift giving and the holiday season. (Did you know that more people have birthdays in October than any other month? Yep. September is a close second, and the rest of [...]

ShareSummer starts June 21, but the thermometer says it’s already here.
We’d like Traveler to be part of your summer season, and we’ve got a number of reasons (and ways) for you to take us along.
First of all, the paper itself. Not a subscriber? We’ve still got plenty of our June Float Issue on our [...]

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