River Rat


August 29, 2012

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Today we meet Kenny Salwey, one of the last of Wisconsin’s “river rats” — people who once made their lives and their living along the Mississippi River.

The last of Wisconsin’s river rats, Kenny Salwey is a storyteller, educator, and the author of “Muskrat for Supper.”

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