Swimming the Light
Swimming the Light is a 2-part series covering the Boston Light Swim written by Robert McCormack:
- Swimming the Light: A Brief History of the Boston Light Swim 1907-1941 Paperback, published 13 April 2014
- Swimming the Light: A Brief History of the Boston Light Swim 1976-2014 (Volume 2) Paperback, published 15 February 2015
1907-1941
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. This book covers the Boston Light Swim Races for the years 1907 through 1941. After the race in 1941, the event was shut down for the duration of the war.
1976-2014
This book chronicles Boston Light Swim Races from 1976 to 2014. It is a sequel to Swimming the Light: A Brief History of the Boston Light Swim 1907-1941. It includes names of the swimmers, and dates, times and conditions of each swim. Included are anecdotes of several of the Boston Light swimmers, including swimmer and silent film star, Annette Kellerman, and English Channel swim greats, Marcy MacDonald and Peter Jurzynski. A must-read for all active and aspiring ocean and marathon swimmers, and readers who are simply interested in the remarkable exploits of those who swim long distances in the sea.
Robert McCormack
Robert McCormack is an American open water swimmer and author born in Brooklyn, New York on 11 November 1937. He moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1945 and learned to swim at Tenean Beach. He participated in ocean swimming competitions from age 26 to age 41, then retired to support his wife and three daughters. He resumed his ocean swimming career in 2002 at the age of 64 and has participated in some 40 ocean swims from that date to the present. He also wrote Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, a 36-page paperback book published on 23 September 2010 with the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platfort about six of his most dramatic ocean swims: Brooklyn Bridge; Alcatraz; Around Governors Island-New York; Boston Light Swim; Little Red Lighthouse Swim (George Washington Bridge-New York; and Golden Gate Bridge.
External links
- Bob McCormack Shares The Jim Doty Story On WOWSA Live
- Bob McCormack: Author, Historian, Ocean Swimmer
- Swimming the Light: A Brief History of the Boston Light Swim 1976-2014 (Volume 2) Paperback – February 15, 2015
- Swimming the Light: A Brief History of the Boston Light Swim 1907-1941 Paperback – April 13, 2014
- Alone on a Wide Wide Sea on Amazon
- Books by Robert L. McCormack
- Swimming The Light History From 1907 To 2014
