Books with author David Gessner

An urgent call to protect America’s public lands, told through New York Times bestselling author David Gessner’s American road trip with our greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, as his guide. “Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s rallying cry signaled the beginning of an environmental fight that still wages today. With America’s wilderness under threat—from corporate interests, from politicians, and from the extremes of climate change—Roosevelt’s awakening into conservationist-in-chief gives us a roadmap for protecting our wild spaces today. To reconnect with the American land and with the president who courageously protected it, acclaimed naturalist and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner embarked on a great American road trip with Roosevelt as his spirit guide. Gessner travels to the Dakota badlands where Roosevelt ranched as a young man; the twin parks of Yellowstone and Yosemite where Roosevelt escaped during the grind of his reelection tour; the majesty of the Grand Canyon; and finally, Bears Ears, Utah, a monument proposed by local Native American tribes which President Trump recently reduced by 85%. As Gessner moves through the beauty of our public lands, he tells the story of how Roosevelt sought to save them, weaving together a profound meditation on nature and our environmental future. A beautifully rendered portrait of the West and a powerful call to arms, Gessner presents a timely case for how vital our public lands are in the fight against climate change, how precious that land is, and how we must each join in the fight to protect it for future generations.

An urgent call to protect America’s public lands, told through New York Times bestselling author David Gessner’s American road trip with our greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, as his guide. “Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s rallying cry signaled the beginning of an environmental fight that still wages today. With America’s wilderness under threat—from corporate interests, from politicians, and from the extremes of climate change—Roosevelt’s awakening into conservationist-in-chief gives us a roadmap for protecting our wild spaces today. To reconnect with the American land and with the president who courageously protected it, acclaimed naturalist and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner embarked on a great American road trip with Roosevelt as his spirit guide. Gessner travels to the Dakota badlands where Roosevelt ranched as a young man; the twin parks of Yellowstone and Yosemite where Roosevelt escaped during the grind of his reelection tour; the majesty of the Grand Canyon; and finally, Bears Ears, Utah, a monument proposed by local Native American tribes which President Trump recently reduced by 85%. As Gessner moves through the beauty of our public lands, he tells the story of how Roosevelt sought to save them, weaving together a profound meditation on nature and our environmental future. A beautifully rendered portrait of the West and a powerful call to arms, Gessner presents a timely case for how vital our public lands are in the fight against climate change, how precious that land is, and how we must each join in the fight to protect it for future generations.

Winner of the 2013 ASLE Book AwardWinner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011A Southern Independent Booksellers BestsellerTraveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fisherman, seafood distributors, and other long-time Gulf residents, acclaimed author and environmental advocate David Gessner offers a lively, arresting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. With The Tarball Chronicles Gessner tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP, and beyond other oil spill books in the market. Instead, heart on his sleeve and beer in hand, he explores the ecosystem of the Gulf as a complicated whole and focuses on the people whose lives and livelihoods have been jeopardized by the spill. With his signature combination of intellect, passion, and humor, Gessner asks how much we are willing to sacrifice for the conveniences of modern life.

Winner of the 2013 ASLE Book AwardWinner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011A Southern Independent Booksellers Bestseller“For those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how we’ve gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance.” —Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTraveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fisherman, seafood distributors, and other long-time Gulf residents, acclaimed author and environmental advocate David Gessner offers a lively, arresting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. With The Tarball Chronicles Gessner tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP, and beyond other oil spill books in the market. Instead, heart on his sleeve and beer in hand, he explores the ecosystem of the Gulf as a complicated whole and focuses on the people whose lives and livelihoods have been jeopardized by the spill. With his

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history: over the course of three months, nearly five million barrels of crude oil gushed into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and washed up along our coast. Yet it was an avoidable environmental catastrophe preceded by myriad others, from Three-Mile Island to the Exxon Valdez.Traveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fisherman, seafood distributors, and other long-time Gulf residents, acclaimed author and environmental advocate David Gessner offers an affecting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. With The Tarball Chronicles Gessner tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP. Instead he explores the ecosystem of the Gulf as a complicated whole and focuses on the people whose lives and livelihoods have been jeopardized by the spill. He reintroduces this oil spill as a template for so many man-made disasters and the long-term consequences they pose for ecosystems and communities.From the compelling people and places Gessner encounters on his journey we learn not only the extensive consequences of our actions but also how to break a destructive cycle. Throughout, The Tarball Chronicles suggests we can make a change in the way we live and prevent future disasters if we are willing to fundamentally rethink our connections to the natural world. "This is a book about connections," Gessner writes, "and never have we needed to make connections like we do right now."

In a time far away, one day a Lion came out of the ocean. They say the year was around 1898. This Lion loved fish and was known to beg along the shore, looking for a nice chunk of tuna from anyone who would give it to him. On an island in the Pacific Ocean, in a place called Avalon, he showed his face for the first time.He would bellow and belch until someone brought his some fish. Instead of going out and catching it himself, he much preferred to sit himself around the harbor, find a nice spot and wait for someone to come by and feed him.He must have loved Avalon’s charming harbor and everyone who came by with fish because he decided to stay and make Catalina Island his home.