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The Tarball Chronicles: A Journey Beyond the Oiled Pelican and into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Publication date
July 17, 2012
Pages
300
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781571313379
ISBN-10
1571313370
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.88 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
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Winner of the 2013 ASLE Book Award
Winner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011
Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011
A Southern Independent Booksellers Bestseller
ÂFor those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how weâve gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance.â
ÂAtlanta Journal-Constitution
Traveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fisherman, seafood distributors, and other long-time Gulf residents, acclaimed author and environmental advocate David Gessner offers a lively, arresting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. With The Tarball Chronicles Gessner tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP, and beyond other oil spill books in the market. Instead, heart on his sleeve and beer in hand, he explores the ecosystem of the Gulf as a complicated whole and focuses on the people whose lives and livelihoods have been jeopardized by the spill. With his
Winner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011
Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011
A Southern Independent Booksellers Bestseller
ÂFor those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how weâve gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance.â
ÂAtlanta Journal-Constitution
Traveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fisherman, seafood distributors, and other long-time Gulf residents, acclaimed author and environmental advocate David Gessner offers a lively, arresting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. With The Tarball Chronicles Gessner tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP, and beyond other oil spill books in the market. Instead, heart on his sleeve and beer in hand, he explores the ecosystem of the Gulf as a complicated whole and focuses on the people whose lives and livelihoods have been jeopardized by the spill. With his
Editions
Hardcover
from Milkweed Editions (September 13, 2011)
9781571313331 | details & prices | 300 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.00
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Milkweed Editions (July 17, 2012)
9781571313379 | details & prices | 300 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.88 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Winner of the 2013 ASLE Book AwardWinner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011A Southern Independent Booksellers BestsellerÂFor those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how weâve gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance.
About: Winner of the 2013 ASLE Book AwardWinner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011A Southern Independent Booksellers BestsellerÂFor those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how weâve gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance.
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