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  • Water and Light

  • A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University)
  • By: Stephen Harrigan
  • Narrated by: Keith McCarthy
  • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

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Water and Light

By: Stephen Harrigan
Narrated by: Keith McCarthy
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Publisher's Summary

The New York Times best-selling author’s memoir of diving in the Caribbean offers “in precise, lucid, prose, the marvels of the sea bottom” (New Yorker).

Author Stephen Harrigan spent months diving on the coral reefs of Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean. In this evocative account, he describes his many explorations, both personal and natural. Though he is there to learn about the history of the coral reef, Harrigan freely admits that his true motivation is to become, at least for a time, his “underwater self”.

The book is published by University of Texas Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©1992 Stephen Harrigan (P)2022 Redwood Audiobooks

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“Moving, intelligent and, in the best sense, literary.” (The New York Times Book Review)

"Fellow divers will relish his camaraderie, while those who prefer staying topside will feel as though they've taken the plunge themselves." (Booklist)

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