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'The Last Ferryman' is Tom's book pick

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'The Last Ferryman' by Gregory D. Randle
"The Last Ferryman" by Gregory D. Randle
Book cover courtesy of publisher

Tom Weber's book pick this week is "The Last Ferryman" by Gregory D. Randle. The novel is set in a small Illinois town in 1939 when the only way to cross the Wabash River was by ferry.

"The book reminds me of my time attending college in southern Illinois; a connection to the geography of where this story happens," wrote Tom Weber. "But I am also intrigued by how ferries have largely disappeared from our lives; using the ferry to get to Madeleine Island in Wisconsin is a fun trip because of the novelty. In a past life, it would have been more than routine."