The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

Hailed as a "nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond's best-seller Collapse, and...
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Author: Jack E. Davis
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Language: English
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The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Davis, Jack E.

The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

CHF 23.78

The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

CHF 23.78
Author: Jack E. Davis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Hailed as a "nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond's best-seller Collapse, and Simon Winchester's Atlantic" (Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis's The Gulf is "by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of 'America's Sea' " (Wall Street Journal). Illuminating America's political and economic relationship with the environment from the age of the conquistadors to the present, Davis demonstrates how the Gulf's fruitful ecosystems and exceptional beauty empowered a growing nation. Filled with vivid, untold stories from the sportfish that launched Gulfside vacationing to Hollywood's role in the country's first offshore oil wells, this "vast and welltold story shows how we made the Gulf . . . [into] a 'national sacrifice zone' " (Bill McKibben). The first and only study of its kind, The Gulf offers "a unique and illuminating history of the American Southern coast and sea as it should be written" (Edward O. Wilson).

Author: Jack E. Davis
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/20/2018
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781631494024


Award: Kirkus Prize - Winner

About the Author
Davis, Jack E.: - Jack E. Davis is the author of the award-winning An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century. A professor of environmental history at the University of Florida, he grew up on the Gulf coast, and now lives in Florida and New Hampshire.Davis, Jack E.: - Jack E. Davis is the author of the award-winning The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea and An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century. A professor of environmental history at the University of Florida, he lives in Florida and New Hampshire.

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