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![The Crossing: The Curious Story of the First Man to Swim the English Channel by Kathy Watson](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCS3JoT0FFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f524389c8476a66d5c6749b785489fb51e743c51/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Crossing-%20The%20Curious%20Story%20of%20the%20First%20Man%20to%20Swim%20the%20English%20Channel.jpg)
242 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781585421091
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Tarcher
Publication date: 10 September 2001
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"Matthew Webb's gallant twenty-two-hour endeavor popularized the sport of swimming and was the highlight of his life, but it was also the beginning of his ruin. Wearing a ten-pound bathing suit and fueled by eggs and bacon washed down with beer, b...
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![The Crossing: The Curious Story of the First Man to Swim the English Channel by Kathy Watson](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCS3JoT0FFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f524389c8476a66d5c6749b785489fb51e743c51/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Crossing-%20The%20Curious%20Story%20of%20the%20First%20Man%20to%20Swim%20the%20English%20Channel.jpg)
242 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781585421091
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Tarcher
Publication date: 10 September 2001
Description
"Matthew Webb's gallant twenty-two-hour endeavor popularized the sport of swimming and was the highlight of his life, but it was also the beginning of his ruin. Wearing a ten-pound bathing suit and fueled by eggs and bacon washed down with beer, b...