Part 1: A journey begins

Launching from Minnesota head waters

• Generations protecting the river
• The wilds of nature on the Mississippi

Part 2: Exploration

• The dance of the Ojibwe
• A 'monkey's wedding' on the river
• Lindbergh's home town
• Somali-American community
• Reclaiming an island
• Stopping in a small river town

Map

See map of Neal Moore's journey

Part 3: Today's farmers

A day in the life of a sustainable farm

• Rethinking the American family farm
• A community that feeds itself

Part 4: In Twain's footsteps

Students help Hannibal's historic preservation

• Twilight at Mark Twain's house

Part 5: St. Louis to Memphis

• Rebirth of a St. Louis community
• In her shoes: Help for domestic violence victims
• Clarkesdale: 'Ground zero' for the blues
• Livin' the blues with 'Super Chikan'
• Reclaiming the Sons of Zion graveyard
• Beth's Bucket List

Part 6: End in sight

A prison without walls

• Author Roy Blount Jr. in Oxford, Miss.
• From illiteracy to a literature tradition

Part 7: Journey's end

Four months, 22 days later: New Orleans

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