The Water Is Wide (First Edition)
Pat Conroy
ISBN 10: 039513644X ISBN 13: 9780395136447
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972
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Description:
Cloth. A first printing of the first edition. Stated FIRST PRINTING on copyright page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Slight wear to head and foot at spine, to both book and jacket. Some slight edgewear and tanning, No marks. Pat Conroy's second book, which draws from his experiences as a teacher on South Carolina's Daufuskie Island. Basis for the 1974 film "Conrack," starring Jon Voight The book won Conroy the Humanitarian Award. Jacket intact with original price of $6.95 on flap. Seller Inventory # collections-002
Synopsis:
A teacher recounts his year on Yamacraw Island off the coast of South Carolina helping black children become aware of the world around them and the importance of self-respect
From the Inside Flap:
This heartrending story of the difference one man can make became the basis for the first film based on a Pat Conroy work, the much-loved Conrack.
The Water is Wide
Yamacraw Island is nearly deserted. No one has paid much attention to it, nor to the few poor black families that live there. But this beautiful, haunting slip of land across the water from South Carolina is home to them, and they've lived off the bounty from the sea for generations.
But now their very existence is challenged. Industrial waste, pouring into the water from which they pull their catches, threatens the only vocation they've known. Unless they can learn a new way of life, they will surely perish. The Water is Wide is the true story of a young white schoolteacher -- a man who gave a year of his life to give an island and a people renewed hope. He becomes the teacher to their children, and teaches the adults of Yamacraw Island extraordinary lessons they didn't even know they needed to learn.
With a moving performance by Will Patton, Pat Conroy teaches us all about the triumph of the human spirit in the most desolate of circumstances.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Water Is Wide (First Edition)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition