The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold Loynd Michael
The feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that "bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an…
Specifikacia The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold Loynd Michael
The feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that "bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an overlooked chapter in America's sports history" (The Wall Street Journal) "Once or twice in a decade, one of these stories . . . like Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken [or] Daniel Brown's The Boys in the Boat . . . captures the imagination of the public. . . . Add The Watermen by Michael Loynd to this illustrious list."--Swimming WorldWinner of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Paragon Award and the Buck Dawson Authors AwardIn 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