LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: It was 31 years ago this month that astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in. With Swim, you can avoid that happening to you. Sherr has written a book, Sally Ride: Americas First Woman in Space. Swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams from turquoise pools and wild water to the training of Olympians and she reveals the secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lamented,”Why can’t I swim, it seems so very easy?&rdquo When his friend, the biographer Edward John Trelawny, said,”because you think you can’t,&rdquo Shelley plunged into Italy’s Arno River and dropped like a rock. You’ll even find a few songs to sing when you push out those next laps. It’s about our relationship with the water, with our fishy forebearers, and with the costumes that we wear. Its an inquiry into why we swim- the lure. It’s a look at how swimming has changed over the millennia, how this ancient activity is becoming more social than solitary today. Swim is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives.
It’s an inquiry into why we swim- the lure, the hold, the timeless magic of being in the water. Swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams from turquoise pools and wild water to the training of Olympians and she reveals the secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lamented, 'Why can't I swim.
Swim is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. Swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams from turquoise pools and.
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