Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi. He then spent 5 decades piloting boats on it
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
July 23, 202450m 28s
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Show Notes
Growing up in St. Louis in the 1950s and 60s, Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi River. But the sense of adventure it offered ended up being the seed that became a five decade career of piloting boats on the Mississippi. Hendrix discusses his new book, <a href="https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/P/Peep-Light">“Peep Light”</a>, where he shares stories about the dangerous work of starting as a deckhand and later ascending to the pilothouse. He also talks about what it was like to pilot passenger vessels, including the grand American Queen, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ largest towboat, the MV Mississippi.