Download or read book A Stretch on the River written by Richard Bissell and published by eNet Press. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mississippi river yarn about the crew of a towboat at the beginning of WW II. Bissell tells it like it is. This is how they talked, this is how they lived, and sometimes, eloquently and tenderly, this is how they died. Unerringly and with great authenticity, Bissell tells the story of the river and why it grips the men who love it.