Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

Charles Sprawson

"Haunts of the Black Masseur" is a dazzling introduction to the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley's beach funeral, Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico, Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller and many more. In lively prose bursting with anecdote, Charles Sprawso...