{"product_id":"gulf-the-making-of-an-american-sea","title":"Gulf: The Making of an American Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavis, Jack E.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner • Pulitzer Prize for History\u003cbr\u003eWinner • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, NPR,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and gCaptain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEditors’ Choice (History)\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this “cri de coeur about the Gulf’s environmental ruin” (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), “Davis has written a beautiful homage to a neglected sea” (front page,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHailed as a “nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond’s best-seller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollapse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Simon Winchester’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Jack E. Davis’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gulf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is “by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of ‘America’s Sea’ ” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). 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).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46112693321961,"sku":"9781631494024","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781631494024_2b46b.jpg?v=1701469778","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/gulf-the-making-of-an-american-sea","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}