So many, be it Oliver Sacks (‘I never knew anything so powerfully, so healthilyĮuphoriant') or Chairman Mao (‘Do you swim? Water is a good thing'). That enthusiasmīleeds over into her history of swimming, which has a gratifyingly great sweep.įrom start to finish, she searches for the essence of why swimming has touched If you love to swim, you'll love SWIM!'Ĭollection of swimming traditions and anecdotes wrapped in a celebration of the It's a story full of zen and exuberant energy and Stars, ancient warriors and lovers, and some of the greatest and wildest Lynne Cox, open-water champion author, Swimming to Antarctica 'IĬouldn't put this book down. 'Lynn Sherr's book, SWIM, will help water be your friend and it will be She coedited Peter Jennings, A Reporter's Life. She is the author of Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes Outside the Box: A Memoir America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song and Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Journalist and writer Lynn Sherr was an award-winning correspondent for Today and to analyze mounting medical evidence that the fountain of youth mayįrom bloomers to bikinis to the saucy songs that salute it, Swim is a paean to all things aquatic. Why we do it to examine how swimming is becoming more social than solitary Olympians across the pool to inquire into the effect it has on our lives and Swimming's legendary roots with the cutting-edge science propelling modern

Weaves her adventurous tale throughout, in this first new book to juxtapose Could she, too, swim the Hellespont? Sherr Waters of the Hellespont-the iconic strait separating Europe from Asia-madeįamous by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and elevated to an athletic Love and war and how swimming has evolved into America's third most popularĪlso recounts the daring, personalc hallenge she took on: swimming the wild With frequent excursions into its more amusing and eccentricĪspects, Sherr reveals the history of the strokes and the secret of Reveals in this engaging exploration of the joy of swimming: its lure, itsĬelebrates every aspect of this ancient activity which has captivated swimmersįrom Julius Caesar to Michael Phelps, from Neptune to Nemoto the artistry ofĮsther Williams. Is the universe that award-winning journalist and lifelong swimmer Lynn Sherr The untamed currents of the sea-is to see the world through a shimmering film. To enter the water-whether the blue box of a pool or Is magical, a bold excursion into an alien element that both exhilarates the

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