Event Details
Thursday, Jan 25, 2018
FL and the Gulf of Mexico: History, Wisdom, and Hope. Dr. Jack Davis
Time: 5:30 pm til 7:00 pm
Location: The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium| 3450 Ortiz Ave. Fort Myers, Fl. 33905
Description: Drawing from his book, Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, University of Florida history professor Jack E. Davis will talk about the role the Gulf of Mexico has played in the course of U.S. History. He is interested in the way people, from pre-Spanish natives to current shoreside residents, have organized their societies and individual lives around nature, and how Gulf nature has been a positive force in human events.
Dr. Jack Davis is a professor of environmental history and sustainable studies at the University of Florida. He is the author or editor of several books on Florida and is a frequent contributor to Forum. His book An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglass and the American Environmental Century, won the gold medal in nonfiction from the Florida book awards.
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