Regional Interest Books

River Lights offers a wonderful selection of books about our community and the surrounding environs including the Mighty Mississippi River.

Featured Local Interest Books

 

Bonjour Europa! 2011 International Trip Cookbook

edited by Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa  

"Over a two year period, we have participated in many money-earning projects to help offset the expenses of our trip.  By purchasing this amazing cookbook, not olnly do you have a delectable assortment of recipes to choose from, you have helped us realize our dream of a lifetime.....a trip to Europe!"
- Participants of the 2011 International Trip "Bonjour Europa"

$15.00 email us if you wish to order

 

Wapsipinicon Almanac

edited by Tim Fay

"The Wapsipinicon Almanac is personal, at times crusading or whimsical, always interesting...You may be wondering how such a delightful literary event has escaped your notice all these years."
- Dennis Herrick in the Mount Vernon Sun, November, 1992.

$8.00 email us if you wish to order

Dreaming the Mississippi

In an engaging voice, earnest and energetic, Katherine Fischer describes how the river’s natural and human histories overlap and interweave as she tells of her own gradual immersion in its life—which led her to buy a house so close to its banks that each spring she must open her basement doors to accept its inevitable floods.

Dubuque on the Mississippi

by Fr. William Wilke

This massive volume has become one of the best sources for Dubuque history. It is chock full of maps, photos of citizens and views from the past, along with narrative text.

$15.00  email us if you wish to order

Ready for more? Here's a sampling of local interest books currently available online. See our main catalog for more selections about Iowa.