150 Years of Swimming the Channel
the story of the world famous challenge
$70.50
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2025
Summary
Against the Tide: 150 Years of Channel Swimming Heroism
People have been drawn to the challenge of swimming the English Channel since the first recorded attempt. In this book, venerated sports writer, author, and Channel swimmer John Goodbody celebrates the 150th anniversary of Captain Matthew Webb’s first successful crossing in 1875 by telling his story and those of many of the outstanding men and women who have achieved the feat since, as well as those intrepid individuals who fai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719845208 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719845203 |
| Author: | John Goodbody |
| Publisher: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
John Goodbody
John Goodbody worked for The Times and The Sunday Times from 1985 to 2019, receiving awards in every decade. These included Sports Reporter of The Year in 2001, winning the Sports Story of The Year in 2002 and being a member of The Sunday Times Sports Team of the Year in 2012. He has reported fourteen Summer Olympic Games. In 1991, aged 48, he became the oldest Briton for eighteen years to swim the Channel and, in 2023, he celebrated his 80th birthday by completing the annual race across the Bosphorus.
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