{"product_id":"splash-10-000-years-of-swimming-hardcover","title":"Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Means\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoose a stroke and get paddling through the human history of swimming \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom man's first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the splashing, sparkling pool party in your backyard, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern history, swimming has caused a ripple that touches us all--the heroes and the ordinary folk; the real and the mythic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSplash  \u003c\/i\u003edives into Egypt, winds through ancient Greece and Rome, flows mostly underground through the Dark and Middle Ages (at least in Europe), and then reemerges in the wake of the Renaissance before taking its final lap at today's Olympic games. Along the way, it kicks away the idea that swimming is just about moving through water, about speed or great feats of aquatic endurance, and shows you how much more it can be. Its history offers a multi-tiered tour through religion, fashion, architecture, sanitation and public health, colonialism, segregation and integration, sexism, sexiness, guts, glory, and much, much more.\u003cbr\u003eUnique and compelling, \u003ci\u003eSplash \u003c\/i\u003e sweeps across the whole of humankind's swimming history--and just like jumping into a pool on a hot summer's day, it has fun along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Means\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or co-author of ten books, most recently \u003ci\u003e67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence \u003c\/i\u003e(Da Capo, 2016). Hailed by the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003eas \"one of the most heartbreaking books in memory,\" \u003ci\u003e67 Shots\u003c\/i\u003e is being developed as a feature length film by Everyman Pictures (Jay Roach) and Little Stranger Picture (Tina Fey \u0026amp; Jeff Richmond). Means' previous book, \u003ci\u003eJohnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story \u003c\/i\u003e(Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2011), was featured on NPR and in the weekend \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and also optioned for TV and\/or film.\u003cbr\u003ePrior to turning full-time to book-length works, Means was senior editor at \u003ci\u003eWashingtonian\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, an op-ed columnist for King Features Syndicate, a daily journalist, and in the distant past, a schoolteacher. He began swimming competitively when he was five years old, continued through college, then coached for seven years. Swimming continues to define his life: Pools, rivers, lakes, quarries, oceans are his natural medium. Writing \u003ci\u003eSplash!\u003c\/i\u003e has been a labor of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769515475232,"sku":"9780306845666","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6ade3edf4c6563f58adbb5abbc031904.webp?v=1780349941","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/splash-10-000-years-of-swimming-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}