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Oceanfront sport and the sea as frontier in Broun essay
Heywood Hale Broun closes his series Oceans Our Continuing Frontier with reflections on the sea as both playground and challenge. He traces swimming history from Og to modern Channel attempts, noting the allure of aquatics, the human drive to explore water, and the enduring humor of sea daring.
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Heywood Hale Broun
University Extension
University of California
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Heywood Hale Brown
Poseidon
Seven Seas
Leo Vroman
J. B. Johnson
Webb
Calais
Dover
Victoria Sporting Club of London
Jack Robertson
Hudson River
Manhattan Island
Thor Heyerdahl
Atlantic
Gotham