The Gulf the making of an American sea
Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporitng human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, w...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Liveright Publishing Corporation,
2018.
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| Edition: | [Paperback edition]. |
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| Summary: | Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporitng human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, both beautiful and life-giving, though fated to exploitation by esuriant oil men and real-estate developers. Davis shares previously untold stories, parading a vast array of historical characters past our view: sports-fishermen, presidents, Hollywood executives, New England fishers, the Tabasco king, a Texas shrimper, and a New York architect who caught the "big one". Sensitive to the imminent effects of climate change, and to the difficult task of rectifying the assaults of recent centuries, this book suggests how a penetrating examination of a single region's history can inform the country's path ahead. --adapted from book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 592 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1631494023 9781631494024 |
| Author Notes: | He has written several books including Race Against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez Since 1930, which won the Charles S. Sydnor Prize for the best book in southern history, and The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, which won the Kirkus Prize and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for history. He also edited three anthologies and a collection of writings by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. (Bowker Author Biography) |
