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"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated fail...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success"-- |
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| Item Description: | Map on end papers. "A Borzoi book." |
| Physical Description: | x, 308 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780385353618 (hardback) 0385353618 (hardback) |
| Author Notes: | For her maverick open-water performance of the 1970s, Diana Nyad was known as the world's greatest long-distance swimmer. For the next thirty years, Nyad was a prominent sports broadcaster and journalist, filing compelling stories for National Public Radio, ABC's Wide World of Sports , and others. She is a national fitness icon, has written three other books, is a talented linguist, and is one of today's most powerful and engaging public speakers. |
