Advertisement Continue reading the main storyGerard grew up in Clearwater, a beach city near Tampa. The other is Jack E. Davis’s “Gulf: The Making of an American Sea,” a sensitive and sturdy work of environmental history. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Sunshine State” deserves to be talked about in this company, even if its essays are hit-and-miss. But since Gerard, Davis and I each grew up staring at the same blue-green water off Florida, I will stick with Florida in this review. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyHis prose is supple and clear.

Source: New York Times March 28, 2017 23:00 UTC