The Gulf : the making of an American sea

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Label

The Gulf : the making of an American sea

Title remainder

the making of an American sea

Statement of responsibility

Jack E. Davis

Creator

• Davis, Jack E., 1956-

Author

• Davis, Jack E., 1956-

Subject

• trueCoasts -- United States
• Ecology
• Environmental degradation
• Environmental degradation -- Mexico, Gulf of
• trueEnvironmentalism
• Gulf of Mexico
• trueGulf of Mexico
• History
• Human ecology
• Human ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of
• trueHumans -- Effect of environment on
• Mexico, Gulf of -- Environmental conditions
• Mexico, Gulf of -- History
• Nature -- Effect of human beings on
• Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Mexico, Gulf of
• trueCoastal ecology

Genre

• trueHistory

Language

eng

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

Storyline

• trueSweeping

Writing style

• trueComprehensive
• trueEngaging

Award

• Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, 2017.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2017
• Booklist Editors' Choice, 2017.
• Pulitzer Prize for History, 2018.

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

909/.096364

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

F296

LC item number

.D38 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult