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Strauss, a classics professor, writes about the unanticipated delights of an affair that, like so many others, begins as a casual dalliance and develops into a full-blown obsession. Drawn to the sport in part because of his affinity for Greek antiquity, he develops a love for old boathouses, a longing for rivers at dawn, a thirst to test himself, and, ultimately, a renewed sense of self-reliance -- as someone who had experienced sports humiliation as far back as Little League suddenly find himself bursting into athleticism at an unlikely age.
From the awe-inspiring feats of the war-bound Greek triremes with their crews of 172 men rowing on three levels to the solitary pride of finishing a first race in which he gets stuck in the weeds and has to be fished out, Barry Strauss shows us why "there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
Strauss, a classics professor, writes about the unanticipated delights of an affair that, like so many others, begins as a casual dalliance and develops into a full-blown obsession. Drawn to the sport in part because of his affinity for Greek antiquity, he develops a love for old boathouses, a longing for rivers at dawn, a thirst to test himself, and, ultimately, a renewed sense of self-reliance -- as someone who had experienced sports humiliation as far back as Little League suddenly find himself bursting into athleticism at an unlikely age.
From the awe-inspiring feats of the war-bound Greek triremes with their crews of 172 men rowing on three levels to the solitary pride of finishing a first race in which he gets stuck in the weeds and has to be fished out, Barry Strauss shows us why "there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
Foreword
Introduction
1 The Practice
2 The Beginner
3 The Coach
4 The Greeks
5 The Race
6 The Return
Suggested Readings
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Sport |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780684863306 |
| ISBN-10: | 0684863308 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Strauss, Barry |
| Hersteller: | Scribner |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Ansata, ein Label der Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, Neumarkter Str. 28, D-81673 München, kundenservice@penguinrandomhouse.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 11 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Barry Strauss |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 17.04.2001 |
| Gewicht: | 0,257 kg |
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