June 7, 2022
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Michael Loynd's "The Watermen" is a new book which offers a magnificent look at the rise of early American swimming star Charlie Daniels.
June 7, 2022
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In this free excerpt from the new book "The Watermen," author Michael Loynd explores how American Charlie Daniels was conspired against.
June 3, 2022
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Charles Daniels gets his due in a new book, "The Watermen," by Michael Loynd, a sports attorney and chairman of the St. Louis Olympic Legacy Committee.
May 12, 2022
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Fifteen thousand British spectators gathered inside London's 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't 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.