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Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
Haunts of the Black Masseur The Swimmer as Hero
Author: Charles Sprawson
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water. Sprawson compares the meaning various societies have assigned to swimming -- from classical Greece and imperial Rome to nineteenth-century England and Germany and the U.S...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679420514
ISBN-10: 0679420517
Publication Date: 2/16/1993
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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