Mark Twain still is inspiring river rats to fall in the love with the Mississippi and write about it. Modern-day Tom Sawyers and Huckleberry Finns docked two boats Thursday in Moline behind the Radisson Hotel. Both are piloted by city slickers, both are about as primitive as a watercraft can get and both carry adventurous souls with a mission to tell their stories about romancing the river.

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