Splash! : great writing about swimming / edited with an introduction by Laurel Blossom ; preface by...
Splash! : great writing about swimming / edited with an introduction by Laurel Blossom ; preface by...
Splash! : great writing about swimming / edited with an introduction by Laurel Blossom ; preface by George Plimpton.
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Publisher
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1996.
Call Numbers
N797.21/21
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface / George Plimpton -- Introduction / Laurel Blossom -- October 1968, Mexico City / Carol Anshaw -- First Lesson / Philip Booth -- The Women / Ray Bradbury -- The Mundanity of Excellence / Daniel Chambliss -- The Swimmer / John Cheever -- On Being Much Better Than Most and Yet Not Quite Good E...
from Water Dancer / Jenifer Levin -- The Kanaka Surf / Jack London -- Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy / Thomas Lux -- Learning to Swim at Forty-Five / Colleen J. McElroy -- Bold Strokes / Walter Russell Mead -- Swimming Lessons / Rahinton Mistry -- Water / R. Bruce Moody -- The Good Human Man / Rebecca M...
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Publisher
Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, c1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1996.
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Full title
Splash! : great writing about swimming / edited with an introduction by Laurel Blossom ; preface by George Plimpton.
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Notes
General note
Ecco companions series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254).
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N797.21/21
Record Identifier
74VM5776adOg
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ISBN
0880014490 (alk. paper)
9780880014496 (alk. paper)
DDC
797.21
MMS ID
991003631269702626
