Try Twain's "Puddin'head Wilson" or "Life on the Mississippi" for something a bit different. John Madsen's "Up on the River" deals with live on the Mississippi above St. Louis.

In the area of anthropology, see if you can find Mike Doogan's "Fashion Means Your Fur Hat Is Dead" for Alaskan etiquette and lifestyle advice.

Out-of-print, offbeat histories (WW2) that I've enjoyed are "Of Spies and Strategems" and "You're Stepping On My Cloak And Dagger." They're both about life in the OSS, but with a different viewpoint from most.

I'm sort of partial to "The Experts Speak" for a wonderful collection of inaccuraties.

Heavens! There are so many possibilities.

Kipling's "Stalky and Co." is good, as are "The Lawrenceville Stories" for reading in a different area. "Dink Stover At Yale" isn't as good as the Lawrenceville stories.

Try reading "Mark The Match Boy" or anything of that sort by Horatio Alger if you want some laughs. Alger was serious when he wrote them.

Bring a whole big stack with you. If you don't like one, chuck it and start another.