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Swimming to Antarctica : Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Swimming to Antarctica Tales of a LongDistance Swimmer
Author: Lynne Cox
• At age fourteen, she swam twenty-six miles from Catalina Island to the California mainland. — • At ages fifteen and sixteen, she broke the men’s and women’s world records for swimming the English Channel—a thirty-three-mile crossing in nine hours, thirty-six minutes. — • At eighteen, she swam th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375415074
ISBN-10: 0375415076
Publication Date: 1/13/2004
Pages: 336
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4.2 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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An amazing story of a long distance swimmer who swims without a wetsuit. It chronicles the the swimming career of a young woman who is passionate about her swims. When she swims, it's not a challenge, it's as if she has been set free. An inspring read. I'll never agian whine about an unheated pool or the Southern California beaches in June!
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Fantastic, real, and inspirational on so many levels.
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True story of Lynne Cox a gifted long distance swimmer.


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