Ben Casey imagined a book about the Neuse River, showing its waters, the communities it passes through, the people it touches. Ben got in a canoe at the beginning of the river, and paddled over 190 miles to New Bern. The river continues - and Ben continued his journey via skiff and sailboat to finish the Neuse River's 240 miles.

The result - All In One River.

All In One River is 98 photographs interwoven with thoughtful words and prose. Ben says he "interviewed the river."

"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 a portrait of the river’s entire course, from Raleigh to New Bern.