America's Ocean Wilderness: A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration

by Gary M. Kroll

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From whaling museums to National Geographic television specials to "tiki bars," the high seas have enchanted modern Americans as an adventurous frontier. And as contemporary explorers have discovered a new wilderness in the world's oceans, their depictions of the depths have influenced how we view these largely uncharted realms.

America's Ocean Wilderness is a cultural history of America's exploration of the ocean and the first book...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0700615679

ISBN13:9780700615674

Release Date:April 2008

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:262 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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