All in One River - Softcover

Casey, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880849518 ISBN 13: 9781880849514

Publisher: Chapel Hill Pr, 2002

Synopsis

All in One River shares with its readers author Ben Casey’s extended meditation, in photographs and prose, on the delicate, multifaceted relationship between nature and humankind.

Casey’s immediate subject is North Carolina’s Neuse River, the length of which he travels—by means of canoe, jon boat, skiff, and sailboat—through the eastern third of the state. His "interview" reminds readers that the Neuse, and indeed any river, ". . . should never have been a dumping ground for man’s waste. It is more than a faucet for man’s thirst or a theme park for water sports." But his larger subject is perhaps best reflected by the well-known quotation from Henry David Thoreau: ". . . in Wildness is the preservation of the World."

As Casey notes, "I am neither historian nor scientist. This book is not about Neuse River history or the science of river eco-systems. This is an effort to share the beauty of the river and emotional reactions to that beauty."

Born on the banks of the Neuse, the author currently resides less than a stone’s throw from its waters, with the river as his front yard and its best-known tributary, Dawson’s Creek, flowing behind his house.

Casey uses his camera, poetic sensibility, and life-long connection with his subject to paint an intimate, loving portrait of the river’s entire course, from Raleigh to Pamlico Sound. He revels in the contrasts embodied in the Neuse, from its origin as "a small rocky streambed" to its end in a miles-wide estuary, its length a highway that reveals not only the marvels of nature, but also the works—both admirable and not—of humankind.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of All in One River will be donated to support The Neuse River Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the natural beauty of the Neuse.

About this title

About the Author:

Author and photographer Ben Casey lives on the banks of the Neuse River in Pamlico County, NC, with his wife Emmy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chapel Hill Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1880849518
• ISBN 13: 9781880849514
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96