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Ahead of Paris Games, ‘The Watermen’ is Perfect to Trigger Olympic Excitement; Tells Story of American Star Charles Daniels (Read Excerpt)<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the Olympic Games slated to begin in two weeks in Paris, it’s the perfect time to revisit some of the history of the biggest sporting spectacle in the world. In his book, The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man’s Fight to Capture Olympic Gold<\/em>, author Michael Loynd dove deep into the world of swimming in the early 1900s, notably telling the story of Charles Daniels, the first star of American swimming.<\/p>\n

The book, published by Penguin Random House, earned Loynd the Paragon Award and the Buck Dawson Author’s Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The Watermen<\/em> has received widespread acclaim, with some of the praise included below. Here is an excerpt from the book.<\/p>\n

Excerpted from The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man\u2019s Fight to Capture Olympic Gold by Michael Loynd. Copyright \u00a9 2022 by Michael Loynd. Excerpted by permission of Ballantine Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fifteen thousand British spectators gathered inside London\u2019s Olympic stadium to see if the human fish could actually crawl on top of the water. Despite the morning rains, the crowds came on a cloudy July afternoon in 1908 to bear witness to what newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic had been writing about over the past two years. But when the young American walked onto the damp lawn, he didn\u2019t look anything like a fish. He wore a dark blue swim cap over his short blond hair, a heavy, navy-colored wool bathing suit that stretched from shoulders to knees, and a long white robe that moments later would be at the center of an international scandal.<\/p>\n

\"Watermen(Jacket)\"

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At a time when only top royalty and powerful heads of state were known beyond their country\u2019s borders, the name of the so-called American fish, Charles Daniels, was on people\u2019s lips throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. No one quite knew where he came from. The origins of his swimming prowess remained equally shrouded in secrecy. And whatever fueled his unlikely rise was made all the more mysterious by the fact that almost no one in America swam. The country\u2019s measly six hundred competitive swimmers had been discarded as laughingstocks compared with the superior Europeans. Yet somehow this twenty-three-year-old, who admittedly could not muster a decent stroke four years earlier, held every American swimming record from fifty yards to the mile. He had willed into being the first U.S. Olympic swim team. Invented the modern-day freestyle stroke. Popularized an obscure sport whose minimal attire and openness to all genders challenged the day\u2019s narrow-minded Victorian attitudes that oppressed so many. And now he claimed world records in the sport England had invented and dominated for the past seventy years.<\/p>\n

The sport\u2019s supreme authority, England\u2019s Amateur Swimming Association, denounced him as a fraud, refusing to validate his achievements. And what had begun four years earlier as a personal struggle to overcome crippling anxiety and improve his and his mother\u2019s bleak existence now placed him at these fourth Olympic Games with the chance to accomplish what no one believed possible: becoming the first non-British swimmer to seize the world\u2019s No. 1 ranking. America loved a winner. What Charles didn\u2019t realize was that London\u2019s Olympic organizers were conspiring to ensure that never happened.<\/p>\n

The European champion was already rumored to be posting world record time trials after copying Daniels\u2019s unique crawling technique. With a body forged from steel, an incredible wingspan, and a shaved head that signaled he was all business, the European champ had beaten him during their first encounter at the 1904 Olympics. Then won again last year at the 1907 English Championships, this time with the underhanded help of the same British swim judges who now officiated these London Games.<\/p>\n

The fact that the Olympic officials were all British presented a major conflict of interest that the International Olympic Committee would never allow to happen again. The Brits operated all the stopwatches. They made the call on close finishes. Any complaint filed by the American team over the British referees\u2019 hometown bias or blatant cheating was ruled upon by the same British officials. Unless he won by a clear margin, the opportunity for the judges to rule in another competitor\u2019s favor remained very real. And Charles needed to do more than just win. To leave no room for the British Empire\u2019s swimming authorities to again dismiss him, he had to break their world record. Which they had made more difficult by designing an outdoor pool four times longer than any concrete tank in the world (twice as long as what would become standard for a modern Olympic-sized pool). Its hundred-meter length eliminated Charles\u2019s superior off-the-wall turning advantage that the British press insisted was the only reason he could ever defeat one of their champions. On top of that, England\u2019s Olympic officials \u201crandomly\u201d assigned him to the farthest lane, the hardest position to hear the starting call or see one\u2019s opponents, and the most likely spot to face more resistance from the displaced waves rebounding off the side wall and back onto the swimmer. Yet, despite all these disadvantages, they sneaked in one final measure to guarantee his defeat and extinguish his growing legacy.<\/p>\n

\"Michael

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A sense of anticipation buzzed inside the stadium as Charles walked across the grass in front of the king\u2019s royal box and onto the wooden starting deck of the infield\u2019s pool to begin the hundred-meter race. All of his teammates had met defeat at the hands of Britain\u2019s superior watermen, and other than a tiny section of flag-waving country\u00acmen relegated to the stadium\u2019s far corner, the entire crowd hoped to see the American fish defeated.<\/p>\n

The official starter, a mustachioed Brit named Mr. Hudson, called out, \u201cTake your marks,\u201d to signal the swimmers to remove their robes. Charles had his robe half drawn off, listening intently for Mr. Hudson\u2019s next call, \u201cAre you ready?\u201d\u2014but the next word from Mr. Hudson was \u201cGo!\u201d<\/p>\n

Every opponent vanished. Charles\u2019s head whipped around in panic as he realized the trick. Loud splashes and the fast-departing churn of water exploded beneath him. His competitors had all been forewarned. They now had an insurmountable head start while Charles was still yanking his arms out of his sleeves.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hudson and his fellow officials grinned.<\/p>\n

The American fish was defeated before he got wet. The officials knew it. Everyone in the stadium knew it. But as Charles ripped off his robe and dove into the water, he knew only that he was in for the fight of his life.<\/p>\n

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Praise for THE WATERMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTold in an involving narrative-nonfiction style, Loynd’s book folds Daniels\u2019 inspirational story into a broader account of Olympics history. Dramatic subplots include the stories of Daniels\u2019 parents: a father who abandoned the family for life as a womanizing swindler; and a mother, born into a Buffalo elite family, who was shamed by repressive Victorian standards as a divorcee. Pair this with Daniel James Brown\u2019s The Boys in the Boat (2013), another inspirational narrative-nonfiction history of early Olympic triumphs.\u201d <\/em>
\n\u2014Booklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c[T]he author creates an inspiring portrait of Daniels\u2019 achievements . . . . An enjoyable underdog tale for swimmers and general sports fans.\u201d <\/em>
\n\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn\u00a0The Watermen<\/em>\u00a0Michael Loynd tells Daniels\u2019s remarkable story and chronicles its broader cultural effect\u2014the birth of America\u2019s competitive swimming tradition and the mainstreaming, as it were, of swimming in American life\u2026The Watermen\u2026bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an overlooked chapter in America\u2019s sports history\u2026Tailor-made for cinematic treatment.\u201d \u2014Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a book about a revolutionary time in the sport of swimming\u2026an inspiring beach read.\u201d\u00a0\u2014San Francisco Chronicle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI felt as if I literally went back in time to the early 20th century. This is a story of one of the most fascinating people not only in the sport of swimming but in all of athletics. It\u2019s about time someone recognizes Charles Daniels for the impact he made on swimming. Michael Loynd has done that to perfection and I couldn’t put it down!\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Rowdy Gaines, Olympic gold medalist, NBC Olympic swimming commentator, AKA \u201cThe Voice of American Swimming\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cKudos to Michael Loynd for his careful telling of this truly compelling story of Charles Daniels. It is a combination of athletic triumph, individual perseverance in the face of adversity, and signification social history.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Bob Costas, Olympic Games TV sportscaster<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce or twice in a decade, one of these stories\u2026like Laura Hildebrand\u2019s\u00a0Unbroken<\/em>\u00a0[or] Daniel Brown\u2019s\u00a0The Boys in the Boat<\/em>\u2026captures the imagination of the public\u2026Add\u00a0The Watermen<\/em>\u00a0by Michael Loynd to this illustrious list.\u201d\u00a0\u2014Swimming World<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first American ever acclaimed the \u2018world\u2019s fastest swimmer,\u2019 Charlie Daniels seemed to have it all \u2014 good looks, high-society background, Olympic gold, and world records galore. Out of sight, though, he had to fight his own self-doubts, the long shadow of his famous swindler-father, and a British-dominated swimming establishment that didn\u2019t want an American to succeed. A lively account of high ambitions, low behavior, and a lone athlete with an indomitable will.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Howard Means, author of Splash! 10,000 Years of Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor fans of the human stories of determination and personal triumph that emerge from each Olympic Games,\u00a0The Watermen<\/em>\u00a0is essential.\u201d\u00a0\u2014St. Louis Magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLoynd combines Daniels\u2019 life with a fascinating history of the early Olympic games and an America that gained interest in swimming.\u201d \u2014St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book invaluable for anyone interested in Olympic history, swimming history\u2014and, of course, Buffalo history.\u201d \u2014The Buffalo News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Watermen is a propulsive, deeply researched, and empathetic book. It is the intimate tale of an athlete driven to greatness, and the forces that drove him there; an exhilarating plunge into the early history of competitive American swimming, the Olympic movement, and the rich and powerful people who shaped sports for a century to come.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Eric Nusbaum, author of Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Loynd has crafted the best page-turner about Olympic competition since The Boys in the Boat. I found myself leaning into his vivid descriptions of filthy pools, chicanery among officials, and experimentation with just about any stroke that could push humans faster. If you swim at any level or simply care about how a popular sport develops, The Watermen is a great read.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Kevin Salwen, author of The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Watermen is not simply a sports tale, but a sensational book about courage, the power of the mind over the physical body, ambition, along with the history of the Olympics. A triumph of originality and craftsmanship.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Roseanne Montillo, author of Fire on the Track<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA thrilling sports story about the power of perseverance in the Victorian age, The Watermen kept me up late into the night. There are three underdogs in this story – Charles Daniels, American swimming, and the modern Olympic Games\u2014and I rooted for them all.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Lydia Reeder, author of Dust Bowl Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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