God Of The Country

a voyage on the Mississippi River

Plot

Contains a moving portrait of the Mississippi River and its people by National Geographic photographer Nathan Benn. Benn has captured the life and soul of a river that for centuries has occupied a special place in the culture and literature of the United States. Along the river's 2,350-mile stretch--from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Pilottown, Louisiana, at the mouth of the mighty river--Benn has produced images that provide a sense of where Americans have come from as a nation and as a people. Accompanying the photographs are selections from American literature associated with the river, including passages from the Mississippi's best-known chronicler, Mark Twain. ISBN 0-934738-13-0 : $34.00 (For use only in the library).