Swim: Why We Love the Water
ISBN-13:
9781610393331
ISBN-10:
1610393333
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Lynn Sherr
Publication date:
2013
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Format:
Paperback
232 pages
Category:
Essays
,
Sports Miscellaneous
,
History of Sports
,
Swimming
,
Water Sports
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ISBN-13:
9781610393331
ISBN-10:
1610393333
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Lynn Sherr
Publication date:
2013
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Format:
Paperback
232 pages
Category:
Essays
,
Sports Miscellaneous
,
History of Sports
,
Swimming
,
Water Sports
Summary
Swim: Why We Love the Water (ISBN-13: 9781610393331 and ISBN-10: 1610393333), written by authors
Lynn Sherr, was published by PublicAffairs in 2013.
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Description
Swim is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It’s an inquiry into why we swim—the lure, the hold, the timeless magic of being in the water. It’s a look at how swimming has changed over the millennia, how this ancient activity is becoming more social than solitary today. It’s about our relationship with the water, with our fishy forebearers, and with the costumes that we wear. You’ll even find a few songs to sing when you push out those next laps.
Swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams; from turquoise pools and wild water to the training of Olympians; and she reveals the secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lamented, “Why can’t I swim, it seems so very easy?” When his friend, the biographer Edward John Trelawny, said, “because you think you can’t,” Shelley plunged into Italy’s Arno River and dropped like a rock. With Swim, you can avoid that happening to you.
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