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Shifting Currents: A World History of swimming: Carr, Karen Eva. London: Reaktion Books, 472 pp., 435.00, ISBN 978-1-78914-578-6. Publication Date: June 2022.

• Authors : Carreras, Maria (AUTHOR)

Subjects: SHIFTING Currents: A World History of Swimming (Book); SWIMMING; WORLD historyLONDON (England)

• Source: History: Reviews of New Books. 2023, Vol. 51 Issue 5, p119-120. 2p.

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Just When You Thought It Wasn't Safe... How Wilbert Longfellow turned America into a nation of swimmers.

• Authors : VALOSIK, VICKI

Subjects: PAGEANTS; SWIMMERS; AQUATIC exercises

• Source: American Scholar. Summer2024, Vol. 93 Issue 3, p11-13. 3p.

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Swimming in the Sahara.

• Authors : Chalmers, Matthew

Subjects: ROCK art (Archaeology); EVERYDAY life; DEATHSAHARA; EGYPTEGYPTEGYPTReport Available

• Source: History Today. Nov2021, Vol. 71 Issue 11, p22-24. 3p. 2 Color Photographs.

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Buoyancy: In literature, as in life, the art of swimming isn't hard to master.

• Authors : Spiegelman, Willard

Subjects: SWIMMING; WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, 1889-1951; PHILOSOPHERS

• Source: American Scholar. Summer2008, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p99-108. 10p. 2 Black and White Photographs.

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"Everybody but the Golden Boy": The Race to Conquer Lake Winnipeg.

• Authors : Janke, Sabrina

Subjects: SWIMMING; SWIMMERS; SWIMMING techniques

• Source: Prairie History. Spring2023, Issue 10, p43-48. 6p.

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SAY WHAT?

Subjects: LONG distance swimming; CROSS-country running; CRAWL stroke (Swimming)

• Source: Cobblestone. Jul/Aug2024, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p42-43. 2p. 1 Cartoon or Caricature.

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Soichi Sakamoto and the Three Year Swim Club "The World's Greatest Swimming Coach".

• Authors : NAKAMURA, KELLI Y.

Subjects: SAKAMOTO, Soichi; SWIMMING coaching; SWIMMING trainingHAWAIIHAWAIIHAWAIIReport Available

• Source: Hawaiian Journal of History. 2014, Vol. 48, p1-34. 34p.

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Swimming beyond the Metropolis: The Kent Street Baths in Victorian Birmingham.

• Authors : Day, Dave (AUTHOR); Roberts, Margaret (AUTHOR)

Subjects: SWIMMING; METROPOLIS; WORKING classBIRMINGHAM (England)

• Source: Midland History. Jul2021, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p192-206. 15p.

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MILLE GADE: THE SINGING MERMAID.

• Authors : BREIG, JAMES

Subjects: SWIMMING; IMMIGRANTS; TEACHERSENGLISH Channel

• Source: History Magazine. Summer2020, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p19-22. 4p. 5 Black and White Photographs.

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‘What Girl Will Now Remain Ignorant Of Swimming?’ Agnes Beckwith, Aquatic Entertainer and Victorian Role Model.

• Authors : Day, Dave (AUTHOR)

Subjects: BECKWITH, Agnes; WOMEN'S swimming; WOMEN swimmers

• Source: Women's History Review. Jul2012, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p419-446. 28p.

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