The Gulf: The Making of an American SeaModern · History, Nonfiction, Science
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea
2017 · 608 pages · Nonfiction
58
Modern
★ 4.24 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 15 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2018). 4.24★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
58Must-Read Score
- Critics62 out of 100 · counts 35%+25
- Readers57 out of 100 · counts 50%+32
- Buzz7 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #23 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #74 of the 220 history books we rank
- #103 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #300 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2018)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2017)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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