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Special Rock Island Lines: East West Riverfest 2014

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Roald Tweet
Published September 22, 2014 at 3:54 PM CDT

Each day of the East West River Fest, Roald Tweet treated us to new editions of Rock Island Lines, especially written for the 3rd Annual East West Riverfest.

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Roald Tweet
Beginning 1995, historian and folklorist Dr. Roald Tweet spun his stories of the Mississippi Valley to a devoted audience on WVIK. Dr. Tweet published three books as well as numerous literary articles and recorded segments of "Rock Island Lines." His inspiration was that "kidney-shaped limestone island plunked down in the middle of the Mississippi River," a logical site for a storyteller like Dr. Tweet.
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