Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes, and Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer

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Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes, and Golden Sharks: Travels of a Water-Bound Adventurer by Bill Belleville University of Georgia Press, 2004; $29.95

Just about the time that you, dear reader, are pulling out of your driveway, heading for your daily aggression-filled hour on the expressway or inbound commuter train, Bill Belleville is probably tumbling backward off the gunwale of a diving boat into a crystal-blue ocean. An environmental journalist and filmmaker, Belleville has managed to make a decent living, as far as one can figure from these enjoyable essays, out of visiting ecologically engaging underwater sites in the West Indies and in Central and South America, and then …