Burlington, nc passed away at moses cone hospital on saturday, september 2, 2017. Brint ryan college of business, university of north texas biography. The historic bering strait swim by lynne cox youtube. Thirty years ago this monday, i swam from the united states to the soviet union. The title of this book is elizabeth, queen of the seas and it was written by lynne cox, brian floca. She was on a book tour promoting her latest book, swimming in the sink. A simple, inspiring memoira celebration of mindful living and a reminder that few things are ever permanently out of. The washington post lynne cox is a master of storytelling. Lynne cox droubay passed away unexpectedly april 19, 2019. She is the author of swimming to antarctica and grayson. Praise for lynne cox and swimming in the sink lyrical. Cox, an acclaimed open water swimmer who crossed both the catalina island channel and the english channel at the age of fifteen, has previously written about her many marine exploits in swimming to antarctica. This is a thin book talking about her early swimming workout every morning and how she save a gray whale from losing his family. An experts survival guide for triathletes and open water swimmers.
Lynne cox athlete lynne cox is an american longdistance openwater swimmer, motivational speaker, and author. I think it would have been better if i had explored an earlier book or two before this one. In it she tells the story of a miraculous ocean encounter that happened to her when she was seventeen and in training for a big swim she had already swum the english channel, twice, and the catalina channel. The wheeler opera house, in association with telluride mountainfilm, has announced the lineup of special guests at mountainfilm in aspen, the ninth annual festival taking place wednesday, august 23 through sunday, august 27, 2017 in downtown aspen, co. In this stunning memoir of life after loss, openwater swimming legend and bestselling author of grayson lynne cox tells of facing the one challenge that no amount of training could prepare her for. Grayson is lynne cox s first book since swimming to antarctica rivetingsports illustrated. Her office is in takena hall, behind registration, admissions, and the roadrunner express lab at takena107 b. She was the first to swim the frigid waters of the bering strait, the strait of magellan, and the coast of antarctica, and she was the fastest to swim the english channel. This is the first book by lynne cox that i have read. Lynne cox, an open water swimmer and author of swimming in the sink. Over the course of more than 35 years, spanning a period equal to 8 olympic games, lynne accomplished swims setting world records, opening borders, contributed to medical research, supported environmental causes. As you may have heard, one of our own, lynne cox, has a new book that came out today. Lynne cox is a famed open water swimmer and author of the bestselling book swimming to antarctica a chronicle of her swims across the bering strait, the english channel twice and one mile to the shores of antarctica her new book, grayson, is the remarkable story of her experience swimming with a lost gray whale off the coast of california when she was just 17 years old. Lynne cox droubay tooele transcript bulletin news in.
Without the true context of this womans phenomenal swimming abilities and longdistance records in icecold waters, i waded into unknown waters. Slcl presents recordbreaking long distance swimmer lynne cox. In this book, her second, she narrows her scope considerably, telling of a single very special morning when she was seventeen years old. A native of henry county, virginia, he was the husband of 58 years to the late mrs. I had the pleasure recently of attending a talk by the open water swimmer, lynne cox. Reviving this as im just about finished with modern long distance swimming by gerald forsberg. Lynne was praised by communist party general secretary mikhail gorbachev during a. When lynne cox enters subfreezing seas, she knows shes immersing herself in danger. Louis county library foundation is pleased to present recordbreaking athlete and author lynne cox for a discussion and signing of her memoir swimming in the sink on wednesday, august 9 at 7. More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom. Discover book depositorys huge selection of dr lynne cox books online. Lynne cox ma hons phd university of oxford, oxford. When her obsession led to a journey through the icy slush of greenlands disko bay, the risks were never deadlier.
At age 9, she began her swimming career in manchester, nh with the manchester swim team. List of electric light orchestra members wikipedia. Elizabeth, queen of the seas by lynne cox, brian floca. Tales of a longdistance swimmer has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Lynne cox born 2 january 1957 is an american longdistance openwater swimmer, writer and speaker. Paperback releases for the week of june 12th include ive got sand in all the wrong places, another collection of funny and relatable true stories in the everyday lives of modern women, from the motherdaughter team of lisa scottoline and francesca serritella, who give their multigenerational take on a variety of topics. Oklahoma library association 1190 meramec station road, suite 207, ballwin, mo 630216902 phone. From lynne cox s feats of endurance to john cheevers complacent suburbanites, these titles all explore a kind of life not found on dry land gillian best wed 5 jul 2017. Lynne cox book tour open water swimming manual as you may have heard, one of our own, lynne cox. She was born in price, utah, on june 3, 1950, to jack l. Born in boston 1957 lynne took to swimming at a young age soon going from pool to open cold waters of the sea.
Author tour to boston, miami, ny, san diego, sf, and more why. But when she wanders onto the road to sun herself and almost gets hit by cars, she is towed out to sea to other seal colonies. Champion openwater swimmer lynne coxs pens new book. A celebrated athlete who set swimming records around the world, lynne cox achieved astonishing feats of strength and endurance. Interview with longdistance swimmer and author lynne cox. Jane goodall told in straightforward language straight from the heart, cox s story is a celebration of mindful living and a. Lynna gray reitzel cox and the son of robert wheeler cox and betty kate cox, both deceased. Many more than just swimmers can appreciate and be inspired by cox s journey. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. December 8, 1987 clip of white house state dinner this clip, title, and description were not created by cspan. She is best known for being the first person to swim between the united states and the soviet union, in the bering strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the cold war tensions between us president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. Champion openwater swimmer lynne cox has broken one record after another, including the fastest swim across the english channel at 15. Worldrenowned swimmer and bestselling author lynne cox and caldecott medalwinning illustrator brian floca team up to bring us this inspiring story of an elephant seal who knew exactly where she belonged.
The historic bering strait swim by lynne cox which helped ease cold war tensions as an inspiration for peace. Her sixth book swimming in the sink was published in september 2016 and in paperback in june 2017, telling more of. The book details many of her swims in the sea including swimming in the cold antarctic for 1. How elite swimmer lynne cox overcame broken heart syndrome. The talk focused not on her past accomplishments of tackling the formidable open waters including antarctica, the english channel, the cook straight in new zealand, the straight of magellan in chile, but rather on her journey to overcome. To see lynne, please call 5419174806 or drop in to her assistant vickie keith to make your appointment. Four years ago, she writes, married to the father of my three children, i. This is a good book about a teenage girl and a grey whale swimming with her in the nearby coast of california.
This is a true account of the author, lynne cox, an international swimmer athlete and and her short expedition with grayson, the lost baby gray whale. Elizabeth, an elephant seal, chooses to live along the banks of the avon river in christchurch, new zealand. She graduated from tooele high school in 1968 and went on to attend lds business college and the church college of. Lynne is going on tour to support the book, and i thought it would be useful to. This particular edition is in a library binding format.
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