Synopsis
This volume brings together for the first time almost 100 of Bosse's most stunning images. A mapmaker and photographer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bosse captures the Mississippi as it was being transformed form an untamed natural wonder to a modern commercial highway. 95 cyanotype photos. 36 illustrations.
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Mark Neuzil is a professor in the department of communication and journalism at the University of St. Thomas and the coauthor of "Mass Media and Environmental Conflict," "A Spiritual Field Guide," "Views on the Mississippi," and "Writing Across the" "Media," He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Russell E. Train is the chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund, the former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the author of "Politics, Pollution, and Pandas," He lives in Washington, D.C.
Foresta is senior curator of photography at the Smithsonian Institution.
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