Tentang Penulis Dina Anastasio is the author of more than 200 books for children of all ages. Dina grew up and lives in New York City. She lived in West Cork, Ireland, for many years. She is a mother of two with three grandchildren.She is a former editor of Sesame Street Magazine. The idea for A Question of Time came to her when she discovered a family of carved dolls in the back room of a dusty out-of-the-way toy store in New Orleans Sinopsis The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of the country, flowing through ten states before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mighty Miss also flows through the history of America, giving rise to great stories about the people who lived on it and used it as a watery highway, from Native Americans and European explorers to skillful riverboat captains and colorful gamblers traveling on luxurious steamboats. And of course it was the first truly American writer, Mark Twain, who grew up along its banks and made the Mississippi River famous around the world. This book, part of the New York Times best-selling series, is enhanced by eighty illustrations and a detachable fold-out map complete with four photographs on the back.