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Author Gessner, David, 1961-

Title The tarball chronicles : a journey beyond the oiled pelican and into the heart of the Gulf oil spill / David Gessner.

Imprint Minneappolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.7382 G333t 2011    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293).
Contents Prelude : Into the Gulf -- In the thick of it. The green sun rises: July 16, 2010 ; Forces of nature -- My crowded day. Up in the air ; The case against straight lines ; Russian dolls ; Beyond Flipper ; A night at the fish camp -- "Firm ground is not available ground." Barriers ; Stress balls ; The oiled pelican ; Atlantis -- Beyond the oiled pelican. Migrations ; Deja vu: a northern interlude -- Return. Two stories ; Faith ; Energy ; Adaptation -- The testimony of Captain Ryan Lambert.
Summary Looks at the Gulf Coast region's birds, sea life, and ecosystems after the events of the BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill in 2010.
Subject BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Oil spills -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico, Gulf of.
Oil wells -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Blowouts.
Oil pollution of the sea -- Mexico, Gulf of.
Mexico, Gulf of -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN 9781571313331 (alk. paper)
1571313338 (alk. paper)

 
    
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