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Author Event: "Pushing the River" with Frank Bures
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
200 Tower Ave., St. Paul, MN 55111
612-726-1171 | ftsnelling@mnhs.org
About This Event
Join us for an author talk and book signing with Frank Bures, author of Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories, published by MNHS Press.
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.
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.
Copies of Pushing the River will be available to purchase at the event (limit 2 per attendee). This event is free. Access to the museum and historic fort require purchase of site admission.
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Saturday, October 4, 2025
Author Event: "Pushing the River" with Frank Bures
Join us for an author talk and book signing with Frank Bures, author of Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories, published by MNHS Press.
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.
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.
Copies of Pushing the River will be available to purchase at the event (limit 2 per attendee). This event is free. Access to the museum and historic fort require purchase of site admission.
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