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作者: 著
出版社: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2008-02
版次: 2
ISBN: 9780156034678
定价: 109.30
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 176页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史
  • GraysonisLynneCox'sfirstbooksinceSwimmingtoAntarctica("Riveting"-SportsIllustrated;"Pitch-perfect"-Outside).Initshetellsthestoryofamiraculousoceanencounterthathappenedtoherwhenshewasseventeenandintrainingforabigswim(shehadalreadyswumtheEnglishChannel,twice,andtheCatalinaChannel).Itwasthedarkofearlymorning;Lynnewasin55-degreewaterassmoothasblackice,twohundredyardsoffshore,outsidethewavebreak.Shewasswimmingherlasthalf-milebacktothepierbeforeheadinghomeforbreakfastwhenshebecameawarethatsomethingwasswimmingwithher.Theoceanwaschargedwithenergyasifasquallwasmovingin;thousandsofbabyanchovydartedthroughthewaterlikelitsparklers,tryingtoevadesomethinglarger.Whateveritwas,itfeltlargeenoughtobeawhitesharkcoursingbeneathherbody.Itwasn'tashark.Itbecameclearthatitwasababygraywhale-followingalongsideLynneforamileorso.Lynnehadbeenswimmingformorethananhour;sheneededtogetoutofthewatertorest,butsherealizedthatifshedid,theyoungcalfwouldfollowherontoshoreanddiefromcollapsedlungs.Thebabywhale-eighteenfeetlong!-wasmigratingonathree-monthtrektoitsfeedinggroundsintheBeringSea,aneight-thousand-milejourney.Itwouldhavetobecarriedonitsmother'sbackformuchofthatdistance,andwasdependentonitsmother'smilkforfood-babywhalesdrinkuptofiftygallonsofmilkaday.IfLynnedidn'tfindthemotherwhale,thebabywouldsufferfromdehydrationandstarvetodeath.Somethingsoenormous-themotherwhalewasfiftyfeetlong-suddenlyseemedverysmallinthevastPacificOcean.HowcouldLynnepossiblyfindher?Thisisthestory-partmystery,partmagicaltale-ofwhathappened... LYNNECOXhassetrecordsallovertheworldforopen-waterswimming.ShewasnamedaLosAngelesTimesWomanoftheYear,inductedintotheInternationalSwimmingHallofFame,andhonoredwithalifetimeachievementawardfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara.SheistheauthorofSwimmingtoAntarctica,whichwonanAlexAward.ShelivesinLosAlamitos,California.
  • 内容简介:
    GraysonisLynneCox'sfirstbooksinceSwimmingtoAntarctica("Riveting"-SportsIllustrated;"Pitch-perfect"-Outside).Initshetellsthestoryofamiraculousoceanencounterthathappenedtoherwhenshewasseventeenandintrainingforabigswim(shehadalreadyswumtheEnglishChannel,twice,andtheCatalinaChannel).Itwasthedarkofearlymorning;Lynnewasin55-degreewaterassmoothasblackice,twohundredyardsoffshore,outsidethewavebreak.Shewasswimmingherlasthalf-milebacktothepierbeforeheadinghomeforbreakfastwhenshebecameawarethatsomethingwasswimmingwithher.Theoceanwaschargedwithenergyasifasquallwasmovingin;thousandsofbabyanchovydartedthroughthewaterlikelitsparklers,tryingtoevadesomethinglarger.Whateveritwas,itfeltlargeenoughtobeawhitesharkcoursingbeneathherbody.Itwasn'tashark.Itbecameclearthatitwasababygraywhale-followingalongsideLynneforamileorso.Lynnehadbeenswimmingformorethananhour;sheneededtogetoutofthewatertorest,butsherealizedthatifshedid,theyoungcalfwouldfollowherontoshoreanddiefromcollapsedlungs.Thebabywhale-eighteenfeetlong!-wasmigratingonathree-monthtrektoitsfeedinggroundsintheBeringSea,aneight-thousand-milejourney.Itwouldhavetobecarriedonitsmother'sbackformuchofthatdistance,andwasdependentonitsmother'smilkforfood-babywhalesdrinkuptofiftygallonsofmilkaday.IfLynnedidn'tfindthemotherwhale,thebabywouldsufferfromdehydrationandstarvetodeath.Somethingsoenormous-themotherwhalewasfiftyfeetlong-suddenlyseemedverysmallinthevastPacificOcean.HowcouldLynnepossiblyfindher?Thisisthestory-partmystery,partmagicaltale-ofwhathappened...
  • 作者简介:
    LYNNECOXhassetrecordsallovertheworldforopen-waterswimming.ShewasnamedaLosAngelesTimesWomanoftheYear,inductedintotheInternationalSwimmingHallofFame,andhonoredwithalifetimeachievementawardfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara.SheistheauthorofSwimmingtoAntarctica,whichwonanAlexAward.ShelivesinLosAlamitos,California.
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