Education and Inspiration through the ancient art of storytelling!
Captain Henry Detweiller was a riverboat man who piloted steamboats for 30 years in the mid 1800’s. He was a rival of Mark Twain, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, and delivered troops, supplies and top secret messages during the Civil War. Like all captains, he kept a log of his travels on the great river road. Based on these pilot’s logs, Brian “Fox” Ellis brings these stories to life in a first person monologue that shares a unique voice in this important chapter of river history.
Mixing true stories with a healthy serving of Twain’s wit and wisdom, Fox steps on stage to regale the audience with Twain’s favorite yarns and his adventures as a cub pilot on the Mississippi. Fox talks about Clemmens’ craft, the life of a writer, and his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri. As a Riverlorian and storyteller, Fox has worked on riverboats for more than twenty five years and has learned more than three hours of Twain’s most memorable material. Jokes, tall tales and true history weave together with songs and stories from one of the world’s greatest humorists.
Many of these stories are available on one of three River Stories or River Ghosts CDS
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