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Why we swim / Bonnie Tsui.

by Tsui, Bonnie.

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.

9781616207861 (hc)

277 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"An immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming -- and on human behavior itself. We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. But humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not natural-born swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival; now, in the twenty-first century, swimming is one of the most popular activities in the world. Why We Swim is propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein’s palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep, from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what about water -- despite its dangers -- seduces us and why we come back to it again and again."--Publisher.

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