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The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy
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This is the moving and true tale of Pat Conroy's experiences teaching black children on an impoverished and isolated island off the coast of South Carolina. The book was made into the movie "Conrack", starring Jon Voight.
Available editions of The Water Is Wide
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9780553381573,
Paperback,
Bantam Dell Pub Group,
2002
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9780792708155,
Book,
Curley,
1992
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9780745173146,
Hardcover,
Chivers North Amer,
1992
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9780395136447,
Hardcover,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
1972
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9780937036037,
Hardcover,
Old New York Book Shop Pr,
1990
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9780792708162,
Paperback,
Chivers North Amer,
1993
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9780553473889,
Audio Cassette,
Random House,
1995
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Publisher Notes
Finally on audio, the moving story of a young schoolteacher given the task of educating the poor black children on an island off the South Carolina coast.
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