![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How do you explain the appeal of swimming to body, mind and spirit?īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Sherr also recounts how, as she approached age 70, she undertook an exhilarating mile-long swim in Turkey's Hellespont strait, which runs between the Asian and European continents, just across from the ancient city of Troy, the site of Homer's Iliad. Among the book's most inspiring facts: swimmers best joggers and walkers in every cardio number and show smaller age-related declines in working memory capacity, according to recent studies. ![]() The book is a beauty, with illustrations including the 375-million-year-old fossil fish that first emerged from the water to breathe air, the evolution of swimming techniques and bathing costumes, and even Liberace's piano-shaped pool. In "Swim: Why We Love the Water" (PublicAffairs, $25.99), lifelong swimmer and former ABC News correspondent Lynn Sherr celebrates the social history, art, science and sheer joy of this ancient activity. Enthusiastic devotees have included Julius Caesar, Benjamin Franklin and Hollywood mermaid Esther Williams, as well as open-water endurance swimmers Lynne Cox and Diana Nyad, and Olympians Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. Currently America's third most popular sport, swimming has been a wellspring of physical and spiritual renewal through the centuries. ![]()
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