Volume 48, Number 18 · November 15, 2001
Life on the Missouri
By Larry McMurtry
The Missouri River has been much used but not much loved. An argument could be made that, historically, it is the most important waterway in North America, but significance does not always breed affection. People love domesticated rivers—the Seine, the Thames, the Danube—or even semi-domesticated rivers—the Nile, the Mississippi. They don't love the Missouri, although they may fear it.
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