He Taught Huck Finn for Decades. Then he built a boat and chased the river himself

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Mississippi River rolls past Memphis the same way it always has—brown, restless, and steady, carrying driftwood, barges, and stories toward the Gulf.

Tucked along that vast riverfront, nearly swallowed by the city’s glass towers and steel bridges, sits a tiny houseboat with cedar-colored walls and a dream nailed into every plank.

Its name is The Northern Son…

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