The Gulf
The Making of an American Sea
WW Norton · Print & ebook · April 17, 2018
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).
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- Who it’s for
- A broad, learned look at the Gulf as a living American edge.
- Themes
- environmental history, American South, human impact on nature
- Pacing
- Reflective
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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).
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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).
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A broad, learned look at the Gulf as a living American edge.
Come here for
- Gulf history, not just Gulf scenery
- A readable sweep across coast, culture, and place
Expect
- History braided with nature writing
- A sustained narrative, made for lingering
Where it sits
| Oceans & Seas | 34% |
|---|---|
| Southern U.S. History | 31% |
| Coasts & Shorelines | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Southern U.S. History
- Coasts & Shorelines
- Authors
- Jack E. Davis, Jack Emerson Davis
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- April 17, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- environmental history · American South · human impact on nature
- Reading lane
- Southern U.S. History