A review by rallidaerule
The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea by Jack Emerson Davis

5.0

This book is engaging and inviting in a way not often expected from a book that covers such a vast slew of things, from hurricanes to native nations to the oil industry.

I couldn't but this book down, and was especially pleasantly surprised to find that the history of the gulf has not been white washed by Davis, who told the story of several native nations well, and also shown a light on the awful way these nations were treated by western Europeans.