Winjammers, Sternwheelers and Tin-stackers

April 12, 2016, 6:30 p.m. – Winjammers, Sternwheelers and Tin-stackers: Working Waterways of Illinois presented by Folksinger, Lee Murdock.
Using folk songs to tell the story of commerce on the rivers, canals and lake Michigan’s shoreline in Illinois, Lee Murdock traces the rise of shipping in our state, from the keelboats of the nineteenth century to today’s 1000-foot lake freighters.
In old songs and new, Murdock sings of lake schooners hauling grain and iron ore, famous river packets delivering their goods and passengers, and the canal boatmen who navigated across the Illinois prairie. He tells of heroic deeds, comical characters, and the beauty of our state’s waterways. Lee Murdock sings and speaks the language of the river rats and schooner-men, the lighthouse keepers and fisher folk, the modern-day sailor and the environmentalist.
Please phone the library to sign-up for this special presentation, 815-538-5142