Over the course of his 25-year career shooting for National Geographic,
photographer Sam Abell has covered topics as varied as Leo Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll,
the Civil War, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the Amazon, Australia, and Japan’s Imperial Palace. For the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase in 2003, Abell
photographed the mighty Mississippi River for a National
Geographic book, The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation, exploring the entire length of the river,
from its source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to its mouth at Delacroix Island, Louisiana. From majestic panoramas to intimate portraits of the people
who live along its banks, Abell assembled an evocative and comprehensive
portrait of a river that resonates in American history and legend.
Join this master photographer for an unforgettable voyage down the river that knits our nation together.
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