Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero by Charles Sprawson

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

Charles Sprawson

320 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history sports adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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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 swimm...

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