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Charles Sprawson

Charles Sprawson is the author of Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero. (September 2001)

Death of a Champion

The Crossing: The Glorious Tragedy of the First Man to Swim the English Channel

by Kathy Watson

September 20, 2001 issue

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