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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Loynd, Michael, author.     Subjects     Daniels, Charles M., 1885-1973.     Swimmers -- United States -- Biography.     Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography.     Swimming -- History -- 20th century.     Olympics -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Loynd, Michael, author.       by title:      The watermen : the b...         MARC Display

The watermen : the birth of American swimming and one young man's fight to capture Olympic gold / Michael Loynd. by Loynd, Michael, author. New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] Subjects Daniels, Charles M., 1885-1973.   Swimmers -- United States -- Biography.   Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography.   Swimming -- History -- 20th century.   Olympics -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780593357040 (hardcover) : 0593357043 (hardcover) Description:  xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Drowning -- Fighting to stay afloat -- Crawling on water -- Speed swimming -- Swambling. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In the early twentieth century, few Americans knew how to swim, and as a competitive sport, it was almost unheard of. That is, until Charles Daniels took to the water. On the surface, young Charles had it all: high-society parents, a place at an exclusive New York City prep school, summer vacations in the Adirondacks. But the scrawny teenager suffered from extreme anxiety and a sadistic father who mired the family in bankruptcy and scandal before abandoning Charles and his mother altogether. Charles's only source of joy was swimming. But with no one to teach him, he struggled with technique-until he caught the eye of two immigrant coaches hell-bent on building a U.S. swim program to rival the British Empire's seventy-year domination of the sport. Interwoven with the story of Charles's struggle to overcome his family's disgrace is the compelling history of the struggle to establish the modern Olympics in an era when competitive sports were still in their infancy. When the powerful British Empire finally legitimized the Games by hosting 1908's fourth Olympiad, Charles's hard-fought rise climaxed in a gold-medal race where British judges set a trap to ensure the American upstart's defeat. Set in the early days of a rapidly changing twentieth century, The Watermen-a term used at the time to describe men skilled in water sports-tells an engrossing story of grit, of the growth of a major new sport in which Americans would prevail, and of a young man's determination to excel"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 797.21092 Daniels Lo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 797.21092 Daniels Lo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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