Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian / by Anthony Ervin & Constantine Markides.Call Number: 797.2 Erv
ISBN: 9781617754449
Publication Date: Brooklyn, N.Y.: Edge of Sports, 2016. 320 p.
Description: A gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic swimmer discusses his early success, his retirement to engage on a spiritual journey and his re-turn to worldwide competition, including the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. His childhood diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome, alcoholism and drug addiction, are challenges Ervin confronted and overcame.
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