My Watery Self Memoirs of a Marine Scientist
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In My Watery Self: An Aquatic Memoir, author/scientist Stephen Spotte traces a fascinating trail through a life that began in West Virgina coal camps, drifted through reckless bohemian times of countercultural indulgence in Beach Haven, New Jersey, and led to a career as a highly-respected marine biologist. Together, these stories form a view not just of one man's life, but that of a generation that often refused to take a direct path to the workplace, insisting instead on a winding unveiling of true self-realization, to achieve previously-unimagined outcomes. For Spotte, the key was water: His years of beach living led to a self-initiated study of literature and the sea. He eventually returned to college and received his training as a marine biologist, and discovered, through his singular voice, a wet and occasionally very weird perspective on the world. His writing is engrossing throughout, the stories he shares--such as his stint as curator of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island at the tail end of the hippie era--are compelling and thoroughly enjoyable as he elevates the people and situations he encounters to mythical levels, blending empirical observation with literary prose.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781941110164 |
Publisher: | Three Rooms Press |
Imprint: | Three Rooms Press |
Pub date: | 23 Apr 2015 |
DEWEY: | 578.77092 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 166 |
Weight: | 183g |
Height: | 135mm |
Width: | 203mm |
Spine width: | 16mm |