The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea - Jack E. Davis

Winner - Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Finalist - National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post , NPR, Library Journal , and gCaptain Booklist Editors' Choice (History) Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence In this cri de coeur about the Gulf's environmental ruin ( New York Times ), Davis has written a beautiful homage to a neglected sea (front page, New York Times Book Review ).