Idézet:"A haunting, quietly devastating excavation of a story we should all know but don't: how a surfing legend became the target of eugenic obsession... Gorgeously written and brilliantly researched, this book is both a warning and a wonder." - Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Aviator and the Showman
"[A] strange and captivating account... Rossi excels at exposing the bunk pseudoscience at the heart of eugenicists' mystical fascination with race... readers will find this a fascinating look at the painful intersection of Hawaiian and sports history with an ignominious branch of science." - Publishers Weekly
The fascinating untold story of one scientist's pursuit of a legendary surfer in his quest to define human nature, written with the compelling drama and narrative insight of Why Fish Don't Exist and The Lost City of Z.
Deep in the archives of New York's American Museum of Natural History sits a wardrobe filled with fifty...

Idézet:? Capturing Kahanamoku How A Surfing Legend And A Scientific Obsession Redefined Race And Culture.epub (Michael Rossi) (2025) (12.88 MB)