Dear Rebecca

Dear Rebecca,

The other day I had a chance to have a lot of fun. I went swimming in the most lovely little river I have ever seen. The water was so clear, you could see right to the bottom. I walked to the river and jumped in. I started floating down the river and looking at the things under the water and on the river bank…

Tarpley Smith’s Dear Rebecca is a charming tale of one man’s journey down a river and all the colourful characters he meets along the way.

Tarpley is from Alabama. He graduated from Auburn and University of Missouri. He was an officer in the Navy for three years. He was a sea captain in offshore oil for many years and lives in England.