Pacific
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
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One of my favorite kinds of non-fiction - a vague theme allows the author to wander around and examine all sorts of different things. Surfing, climate, nuclear testing, you name it, it's in this book. Lends itself to starting and stopping, which is how I tend to read these days. Overall enjoyable and informative.
Winchester presents a collage of stories all centering on a place, the Pacific.
He doesn't stand back from a subject, like a good journalist, but leaps into the stories, actively sharing his very strong opinions and worries.
Accept that about him, know it, and then read Pacific. A lovely voyage of a book.
