Oil and Water : A Novel /

What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation's dependence on fossil fuels? Oil and Water, a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-crossed supertanker, a wayward fishing boat, and a well-known hazard in the Gulf of Alaska, the sto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Evans, Mei Mei
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tankers > Accidents.
Restorative justice.
Oil spills.
Human ecology.
Fishers.
Communities.
FICTION > General.
Écologie humaine > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Justice reparatrice > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Communaute > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Pêcheurs > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Human ecology > Fiction.
Restorative justice > Fiction.
Communities > Fiction.
Oil spills > Alaska > Alaska, Gulf of, Region > Fiction.
Tankers > Accidents > Fiction.
Fishers > Fiction.
Pacific Ocean > Gulf of Alaska.
Alaska, Golfe de l' (Alaska) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska) > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation's dependence on fossil fuels? Oil and Water, a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-crossed supertanker, a wayward fishing boat, and a well-known hazard in the Gulf of Alaska, the story presents a region plunged into an oil-slicked crisis. As thousands of miles of shoreline and sea are obliterated, the spill threatens the lives and livelihoods of the coastal community of Selby. At the center of the disaster are Gregg, a down-on-his-luck skipper, and Lee, his lone deckhand. As they cro.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781602232013

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