Swimming the Light: A Brief History of the Boston Light Swim 1907-1941

by Robert L. McCormack

Since before the turn of the twentieth century, ocean swimmers have had aspirations of "Swimming the Light". The route chosen by these early adventurers, and dreamers, went from the bridges in Charlestown to the Boston Light, on Little Brewster Island, in the outer Boston Harbor, a distance of twelve miles. In 1907, a Boston Light Swim Race was inaugurated. Of the twenty-seven swimmers who dove in at the Warren Bridge in Charlestown that year, not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497442745
• ISBN13: 9781497442740
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"