David Gessner "The Tarball Chronicles"

 The Tarball Chronicles tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP.  Instead David Gessner 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.  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 Gessner offers an affecting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.