Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox
	List Price:   $14.00 Unit Price:   $11.20 You Save:   $2.80 (20%) ISBN-10:   0156031302 ISBN-13:   9780156031301 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Mariner Books Series:   A Harvest Book Ser. Volume:   A Edition:   illustrated Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   March 2005 Pages:   384 Format:   Paperback
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Now in paperback, with photos and maps added especially for this new edition, here is the acclaimed life story of a woman whose drive and determination inspire everyone she touches. Lynne Cox started swimming almost as soon as she could walk. By age sixteen, she had broken all records for swimming the English Channel. Her daring eventually led her to the Bering Strait, where she swam five miles in thirty-eight-degree water in just a swimsuit, cap, and goggles. In between those accomplishments, she became the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, narrowly escaped a shark attack off the Cape of Good Hope, and was cheered across the twenty-mile Cook Strait of New Zealand by dolphins. She even swam a mile in the Antarctic. Lynne writes the same way she swims, with indefatigable spirit and joy, and shares the beauty of her time in the water with a poet's eye for detail. She has accomplished yet another feat--writing a new classic of sports memoir. Lynne Cox has set records all over the world for open-water swimming. She was named Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year, inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000, and honored with a lifetime achievement award from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She lives in Los Alamitos, California. At Age Sixteen, legendary swimmer Lynne Cox reached her lifetime goal of setting a new world record for an English Channel swim. So she set her goals even higher: She became the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, narrowly escaped a shark attack off the Cape of Good Hope, and was cheered across the twentymile Cook Strait of New Zealand by dolphins. Her daring eventually led her to the thirty-eight-degree waters of the Bering Strait, which she crossed in her usual outfit-just a swimsuit, cap, and goggles. She even swam a mile in the iceberg-choked seas of the Antarctic. With a poet's eye for detail, Cox shares the beauty of her time in the water in this new classic of sports memoir, now illustrated with photos and maps throughout. Newly Illustrated with Photos and Maps Throughout (format to separate this phrase from copy) Here is the joyful, inspirational memoir of swimmer Lynne Cox. By age sixteen, she had broken all records for English Channel swims, so she set her goals even higher: She became the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, narrowly escaped a shark attack off the Cape of Good Hope, and was cheered across the twenty-mile Cook Strait of New Zealand by dolphins. Her daring eventually led her to the thirty-eight-degree waters of the Bering Strait, which she crossed in her usual outfit -- just a swimsuit, cap, and goggles. She has even swum (LYNN - right verb??) a mile in the iceberg-choked waters of the Antarctic. With a poet's eye for detail, Cox shares the beauty of her time in the water in this new classic of sports memoir. '[Cox has] done things the rest of us only imagine--and she's written a book that helps us to imagine them with clarity and wonder.'-- The Boston Globe 'More than the story of the greatest,open-water swimmer, Swimming to Antarctica is a portrait of rare and relentless drive. . . .Gripping.' -- Sports Illustrated 'A tale of remarkable physical prowess and heart.' -- Vogue 'Fetching and pitch-perfect . . . Full of perilous, preposterous-if-they-weren't-true scenes.' - Outside Magazine 'An instant classic of adventure writing.' -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune 'The only things more impressive than her heroics are her magnanimous spirit and ability to bring people together.' -- Miami Herald 'Even a cursory read leaves one shivering for a warm towel.' -- Entertainment Weekly 'A triumph of a positive outlook, hefty preparation, and raw courage.' -- TheEconomist 'So compelling and immediate that even a non-swimmer can almost feel as if he'd been a participant.' -- Philadelphia Inquirer LYNNE COX has set records all over the world for open-water swimming. She was named Thrilling , vivid, and lyrical, an inspiring account of a life of aspiration and adventure. Gripping reading...Swimming to Antaritica is a portrait of rare and relentless drive. 'All of [her] superhuman escapades are vividly detailed in Cox's absorbing memoir.' 'An absorbing, well-written memoir. The paperback edition is even better than the hardcover, with more maps and photographs.'