The Gulf Stream: Encounters with the Blue God.

William H. MacLeish.

ISBN 10: 0241127882 / ISBN 13: 9780241127889

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1989

About this Item

Part oceanography, part history, and part sailing adventure, the book tells the colorful story of the fabled Atlantic Ocean current. 243 pages, index. Pages tanning. Dust Jacket condition very good.

Seller Inventory # 13116

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gulf Stream: Encounters with the Blue God.
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241127882
• ISBN 13: 9780241127889
• Binding: Hardcover.
• Illustrator: Illustrations by Sarah Landry.
• Condition: Very Good.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

Bill Macleish's long-awaited portrait of the "River Within the Sea" that not only affects the lives of Americans and Europeans but is also, from many points of view - oceanographic, climatic, historical, commercial, poetic, aesthetic - a mystery and one of the world's greatest natural phenomena.

From Library Journal

Presented here is a well-written, intriguing look at a natural phenomenon that is at once poorly, and, yet, well understood. MacLeish describes the gulf current's physics in lay terms. He weaves into an engrossing web, science, history, and folklore of the Gulf Stream as well as his personal experiences. He is at his best when relating the historical facts pertaining to the Gulf Stream. This book does not offer a treatment of strange sightings and disappearances a la the Bermuda Triangle. A selected bibliography of lay literature relating to the Gulf Stream is included. Recommended for general collections.
- Mary J. Nickum, Fish & Wildlife Reference Svce., Bethesda, Md.
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