Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef (Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University)

An evocative account of the months Stephen Harrigan spent diving on the coral reefs off Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean. The New York Times–bestselling 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.”“Moving, intelligent and, in the best sense, literary. . . . Stephen Harrigan is anchored in reality; he knows that the environment he's describing is in serious jeopardy. At the same time, he has made this book sparkle with his remarkable ability to discuss the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of underwater exploration without ever sounding saccharine or murky.” —New York Times Book Review

this Evocative Account Of The Months Stephen Harrigan Spent Diving On The Coral Reefs Off Grand Turk Island In The Caribbean Was Originally Published By Houghton Mifflin In 1992.

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a Sparkling Account Of The Underwater World Off The Coast Of Grand Turk Island In The Caribbean. (mar.)

An account of the months the author spent diving on the coral reefs off Grand Turk Island in the Carribean