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3567452The Crossinghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-crossing-9781472236142/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3551015/d2a6ba09-79b0-4af5-8cda-96a1679aa295.jpg?v=638385538701100000174193MXNHeadlineInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Now a Major Film</strong></p><p>On the night of 24 August 1875 Matthew Webb, a 27-year-old British Navy captain, launched himself into the English Channel at Dover. Twenty-one hours and 45 minutes later he became the first man to swim the English Channel. In this acclaimed biography, Kathy Watson shows how Captain Webb was instrumental in bringing the sport of swimming into the modern era. It is also a study of the Victorian drive to push back the boundaries of endurance. In THE CROSSING, Watson uses this great British eccentrics extraordinary life as a springboard to explore themes of obsession and failure and the emerging force of the media, and swimmings place in our psyche.</p>...3503542The Crossing174193https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-crossing-9781472236142/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3551015/d2a6ba09-79b0-4af5-8cda-96a1679aa295.jpg?v=638385538701100000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781472236142_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_<p><strong>Now a Major Film</strong></p><p>On the night of 24 August 1875 Matthew Webb, a 27-year-old British Navy captain, launched himself into the English Channel at Dover. Twenty-one hours and 45 minutes later he became the first man to swim the English Channel. In this acclaimed biography, Kathy Watson shows how Captain Webb was instrumental in bringing the sport of swimming into the modern era. It is also a study of the Victorian drive to push back the boundaries of endurance. In THE CROSSING, Watson uses this great British eccentrics extraordinary life as a springboard to explore themes of obsession and failure and the emerging force of the media, and swimmings place in our psyche.</p>(*_*)9781472236142_<p><strong>Now a Major Film</strong></p><p>On the night of 24 August 1875 Matthew Webb, a 27-year-old British Navy captain, launched himself into the English Channel at Dover. Twenty-one hours and 45 minutes later he became the first man to swim the English Channel. In this acclaimed biography, Kathy Watson shows how Captain Webb was instrumental in bringing the sport of swimming into the modern era. It is also a study of the Victorian drive to push back the boundaries of endurance. In THE CROSSING, Watson uses this great British eccentrics extraordinary life as a springboard to explore themes of obsession and failure and the emerging force of the media, and swimmings place in our psyche.</p>...9781472236142_Headlinelibro_electonico_4a3c514e-8792-3ba0-9e19-edfe32e0b3ee_9781472236142;9781472236142_9781472236142Kathy WatsonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-0dd569c0-1e22-4d7f-aaef-0a60aa1faa8d.epub2015-10-22T00:00:00+00:00Headline