The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea by Jack E. Davis

The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea

Jack E. Davis

608 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

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, t...

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