Border Songs
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Jim Lynch's new novel Border Songs examines the strange culture of a US-Canada border town through the character Brandon Vanderkool, a dyslexic six-foot-eight border agent who is unusually adept at spotting drug smugglers and illegal immigrants.
Event: Jim Lynch will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, July 8, at 7:00 pm
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street
Guests:
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The Boundary Waters region in northern Minnesota allows repeatedly border crossings with Canada without any oversight. This vast wilderness has a completely open border. This is a very popular paddling area for canoes. It is virtually impossible to monitor the entirety.
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