Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing

Name: Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
SKU: 9780618001842
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In this wise and thrilling book, Criag Lambert turns rowing—personal discipline, modern Olympic sport, grand collegiate tradition—into a metaphor for a vigorous and satisfying life.

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ISBN-13: 9780618001842

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 09-07-1999

Pages: 192

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Craig Lambert, a staff writer and editor at Harvard Magazine, has also written for Sports Illustrated and Town & Country. He trains and races in single sculls on the Charles River in Boston, and occasionally competes in major rowing events, such as the Head of the Charles Regatta.

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"Like Einstein, we wish to know God's thoughts. We shall attempt to pry them loose with an oar. The raw elements of the sport are our teachers: the wind and the water, the boat and its oars, our own bodies and minds."