Title:
Swimming pretty : the untold story of women in water / Vicki Valosik.
ISBN:
9781324093046
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2024]
Physical Description:
422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Science -- Stage -- Stardom -- Safety -- Sideshow -- Sport -- Synching up -- Spectacle -- Silver screen -- Swimming synchronized -- Epilogue: Faster, higher, stronger-together -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index.
Summary:
Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of synchronized swimming's elevation to Olympic status, this breathtaking book, tracing a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville and dime museums to the Olympic arena, honors the grit, glamor and sheer athleticism of an utterly unique sport that forever changed women's relationships with water.
OCLC Number:
on1440126127
Availability:
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