Rory Doyle is a freelance photographer based in Cleveland, MS. He is a 2025 recipient of a James Beard Award for his ongoing coverage of Rolling Fork, MS. Doyle contributes to the New York Times, Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine and more.
The Mississippi River is big, dangerous and industrialized. But from St. Louis down to the Louisiana bayous, more than 500 miles of the great American river remain wild. And you could have no better guide through the river’s ever-decreasing “wild miles” than John Ruskey.
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