Stephen Harrigan

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Aransas

A Novel

University of Texas Press

A critically acclaimed debut novel first published in 1980, Aransas recounts a young man’s attempt to find his place in the world as he navigates the moral dilemma of training an “exquisitely conscious being” to perform in a seaside dolphin circus.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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Jacob's Well

A Novel

University of Texas Press

Originally published in 1984, Stephen Harrigan’s passionate, emotionally intense second novel takes readers deep into the mysterious passageways of a Central Texas aquifer—and of the human heart.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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Water and Light

A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef

University of Texas Press
  • Copyright year: 1999
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A Natural State

Essays on Texas

University of Texas Press

In this remarkable collection of essays, Stephen Harrigan explores, with an unfailing depth of feeling, the human longing to feel at home in the world of nature.

  • Copyright year: 1994
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The Eye of the Mammoth

New and Selected Essays

By Stephen Harrigan; Introduction by Nicholas Lemann
University of Texas Press

By the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling novels The Gates of the Alamo and Remember Ben Clayton, here is the definitive, career-spanning collection of nonfiction from one of America’s leading writers, Stephen Harrigan.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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La Vida Brinca

University of Texas Press

Iconic images of Hispanic life that tell an allegorical and deeply personal story of Mexican history and spirituality.

  • Copyright year: 2006
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Big Wonderful Thing

A History of Texas

University of Texas Press

A tour de force by a New York Times best-selling author and master storyteller who captures the rich history of a state that sits at the center of the nation, yet defiantly stands apart.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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