Jeff Dawson: 16 books

Lessons from Hurricane Ike

by Philip B. Bedient, James B. Blackburn Jr., Shannon S. Van Zandt
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012

If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the...

America's Darwin

Darwinian Theory and U.S. Literary Culture

by Tina Gianquitto, Paul Ohler, Kimberly Hamlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014

While much has been written about the impact of Darwin’s theories on U.S. culture, and countless scholarly collections have been devoted to the science of evolution, few have addressed the specific details of Darwin’s theories as a cultural force affecting U.S. writers. America’s Darwin fills...

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