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100 1  Davis, Jack E.,|d1956-|eauthor. 
245 14 The Gulf :|bthe making of an American sea|h[Hoopla 
       electronic resource] /|cJack E. Davis. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2018. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
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511 1  Read by Tom Perkins. 
520    WINNER OF THE 2018 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY Winner of 
       the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, the tragic collision
       between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico 
       becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental 
       epic. When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the 
       Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of 
       providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented itself as 
       America's sea-bound by geography, culture, and tradition 
       to the national experience-and yet, there has never been a
       comprehensive history of the Gulf until now. And so, in 
       this rich and original work that explores the Gulf through
       our human connection with the sea, environmental historian
       Jack E. Davis finally places this exceptional region into 
       the American mythos in a sweeping history that extends 
       from the Pleistocene age to the twenty-first century. 
       Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the 
       Gulf has historically been one of the world's most 
       bounteous marine environments, supporting human life for 
       millennia. Davis starts from the premise that nature lies 
       at the center of human existence, and takes listeners on a
       compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the 
       Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy 
       shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, profoundly 
       beautiful and life-giving, though fated to exploitation by
       esurient oil men and real-estate developers. Rich in vivid,
       previously untold stories, The Gulf tells the larger 
       narrative of the American Sea-from the sportfish that 
       brought the earliest tourists to Gulf shores to 
       Hollywood's engagement with the first offshore oil wells-
       as it inspired and empowered, sometimes to its own 
       detriment, the ethnically diverse groups of a growing 
       nation. Davis's pageant of historical characters is vast, 
       including the presidents who directed western expansion 
       toward its shores, the New England fishers who introduced 
       their own distinct skills to the region, and the 
       industries and big agriculture that sent their 
       contamination downstream into the estuarine wonderland. 
       Nor does Davis neglect the colorfully idiosyncratic 
       individuals: the Tabasco king who devoted his life to 
       wildlife conservation, the Texas shrimper who gave hers to
       clean water and public health, as well as the New York 
       architect who hooked the "big one" that set the 
       sportfishing world on fire. Ultimately, Davis reminds us 
       that amidst the ruin, beauty awaits its return, as the 
       Gulf is, and has always been, an ongoing story. Sensitive 
       to the imminent effects of climate change, and to the 
       difficult task of rectifying grievous assaults of recent 
       centuries, The Gulf suggests how a penetrating examination
       of a single region's history can inform the country's path
       ahead. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Human ecology|zMexico, Gulf of. 
650  0 Environmental degradation|zMexico, Gulf of. 
650  0 Nature|xEffect of human beings on|zMexico, Gulf of. 
650  1 Nature|xEffect of human beings on|zMexico, Gulf of. 
650  1 Nature|xEcosystems and Habitats|xCoastal Regions and 
       Shorelines. 
650  1 Environmental degradation|zMexico, Gulf of. 
651  0 Mexico, Gulf of|xHistory. 
651  0 Mexico, Gulf of|xEnvironmental conditions. 
700 1  Perkins, Tom. 
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