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The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold
General: :Ebook
Format: epub
Size: 16.5 MB
Description: The feel-good underdog story of "one of the most fascinating people not only in the sport of swimming but in all of athletics" (Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines): the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games-for fans of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit
"A truly compelling story of athletic triumph, individual perseverance in the face of adversity, and significant social history."-Bob Costas, former NBC host of twelve Olympic Games
In the early twentieth century, few Americans knew how to swim, and swimming as a competitive sport was almost unheard of. That is, until Charles Daniels took to the water.
On the surface, young Charles had it all: high-society parents, a place at an exclusive New York City prep school, summer vacations in the Adirondacks. But the scrawny teenager suffered from extreme anxiety thanks to a sadistic father who mired...
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Title: The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold
Author: Michael Loynd
Language: English
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