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As we traveled through the Chunnel from the UK to France, we started talking about food we were leaving behind and the French cuisine we were excited to try. We laughed about the London pubs’ funny names...

Here we are, Radio Readers, midstream in our fall book club series on rivers and making meaning. How could we not talk about one of the most iconic –and controversial—of American novels, set along and upon the mother of American rivers, the mighty Mississippi?

Despite the controversary surrounding this classic novel, the themes are most relevant to life today.First published in the United Kingdom in 1884 and then in the U.S. in 1885, Huck Finn is considered one of the great American novels. It is told in first person by Huckleberry “Huck” Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels.

Returning for our Fall Season, Jane Holwerda -- author, administrator and educator --gets the pleasure of reviewing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.Dr. Holwerda holds a PhD in American Studies from Saint Louis University in Missouri, and her short fiction, essays, and poetry has appeared in publications such as: Cottonwood, Hurricane Review, MacGuffin, Red River Review, Sou’wester, South Loop Review, The Langdon Review, Guilty Pleasures, Out of Line, and Elegant Rage.

I'm John Harrington from my retirement location in southwest Washington state for High Plains Public Radio, Radio Readers Book Club.Elizabeth Kolbert begins her latest book, Under a White Sky, The Nature of the Future, with a chapter: “Down the River”

Hi. I’m Valerie a radio reader from Topeka and I wanted to share my thoughts about our second book which is part of this fall’s Radio Readers theme of “Rivers: Meandering Meanings”, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.I’ve read Twain’s novels Tom Sawyer and the Prince and the Pauper in middle school and his short story the “Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” when I lived in California several years ago. I remember liking Twain quite a bit, but I’d never read Huckleberry Finn.

I’m Hannes Zacharias from Lenexa for High Plains Public Radio, Radio Reader’s Book Club. The book is “Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River” by Max McCoy.As Patrick Dobson says, “Max McCoy’s Elevations is a sensitive, in-depth view of a river and its human and natural history…as fluid and adsorbing as the river itself.”

I’ve loved Mozart since I was a teenager when that fabulous movie, Amadeus, came out. I’m not sure about its historically accuracy, but that film sure went a long way toward inspiring me to appreciate classical music.

Mum's the word on today's Growing on the High Plains!

You can't win them all, and I certainly didn't claim any victories this year when it comes to my summer garden. Oh well, I'll try, try again for a Fall crop!