An important environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that brings crucial attention to Earth’s 10th-largest body of water, one of the planet’s most diverse and productive marine ecosystems.

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 ye...(展开全部)

In 1867, John Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident. He lay in bed for two weeks wondering if he would ever see again. When his sight miraculously returned, Muir resolved to devote all his time to the great passion of his life -- studying plants. He quit his job in an Indiana manufacturing plant, said good-bye to his family, and set out alone to walk to ...(展开全部)

Here is the adventure that started John Muir on a lifetime of discovery. Taken from his earliest journals, this book records Muir's walk in 1867 from Indiana across Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Gulf Coast. In his distinct and wonderful style, Muir shows us the wilderness, as well as the towns and people, of the South immediately after the Civ...(展开全部)

1945年10月，美国战略轰炸调查团到日本调查太平洋战争的作战，调查团里有一位29岁的海军少校詹姆斯?菲尔德。菲尔德少校是文学博士，哈佛大学历史学讲师，莱特湾海战时是第七舰队第七十七特遣舰队第四群护卫航母部队第三集团克里夫顿?斯普拉格少将手下的一名参谋。他到东京后传唤了联合舰队司令长官丰田副武大将、参谋长草鹿龙之介少将、第三舰队司令长官小泽治三郎中将、参谋长大林末雄少将、第二舰队司令长官栗田健男中将、参谋长小柳富次少将和其他所有能找到的有关司令人员和幕僚。 。。。 菲尔德1947年退役后到大学教美国现代史，同时把他的作战经历和询问记录写成了一本叫做《The Japanese at leyte Gulf》的书。因为莱特湾海战被称为是“人类历史上最后的大海战”，所以描写莱特湾海战的书籍也就汗牛充栋，但这是最早的一本，也几乎是写得最好的一本。看过这本书的日...(展开全部)