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A unique book on sculling - and rowing - by a veteran American coach. Lavishly illustrated and field tested, The Sculler at Ease has become a much-used and beloved volume in many a rower's collection.

From the book: Scullers frequently choose to grasp their handles an inch or two from the end, forcing their thumbs to reach around it. This hold sacrifices an inch or more of leverage and virtually guarantees that they will use their wrists to turn the scull. This hold works better on a garden hose when you don't have a nozzle and want to create a strong jet or fine spray. (This is not your garden-variety rowing book.)

HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE SCULLER AT EASE

"...a book for a beginner in a school rowing program or an experienced candidate for "the World's Championships."

- Tom Mendenhall, former professor of history at Yale University, Former president of Smith College, author of A Short History of American Rowing

Writing with humor and affection, this gifted teacher, a champion sculler and oarsman, gives hints on every page of his love affair with the sport and of the hope that each of his reader can learn in the reading something of the same joy."

-Stan Pocock, distinguished boat builder and successful coach of international champions.

"The Sculler at Ease helps beginners develop their own experiences and reflexes so they can teach themselves how to scull... illustrated by Laurie Cunningham's simple, elegant drawings. These express a feel for the motion without the distractions inherent in photographs. ...The text is full of tips and analogies as varied as Eskimos and orangutans. They will be particularly useful for the beginner confronted with an entirely new discipline."

-Wade Hall-Craggs, champion English sculler.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Frank Cunningham serves as principal coach at Lake Washington Rowing Club in Seattle, Washington. He began the junior rowing program at Green Lake in 1948, and was head coach at The Lakeside School in Seattle from 1969 to 1980. Cunningham taught English in public and private schools for 30 years. (He has excellent punctuation and grammar.)

Coach of Paul Enquist (gold medal in double scull, 1984 Olympiad), John Bigelow (bronze medalist, single scull 1981 and 1982 World's Championships, 4th in 1984 Olympiad), Sherri Cassuto (finals in 1990 Copenhagen World's Championships women's single scull), and a plethora of Northwest Regional champions.

Summers, Cunningham and Bill Tytus can be seen on Lake Union conducting pre-elite rowing camps of primarily college undergrads. The rest of the year Cunningham assists Tytus in training Lake Washington Rowing Club scullers from the club's magnificent new trend-setting Lake Union Boathouse.

Cunningham's writings have also been published in Regatta Magazine and U.S. Rowing.

Co-Author Leslie Strom is a writer, editor and video producer. She also publishes the on-line magazine Get Lost Magazine.com (which you're probably looking at right now.)

Illustrator Laurie Cunningham is an artist who lives in Seattle.

Author Frank Cunningham with the National champion Harvard crew, 1947. From left to right, Cunningham, Paul Knaplund #7, Frank Strong #6, Jud Gale #5, Bob Stone #4, Dick Emmet #3, Stu Clark #2, Michael Scully at bow. Front, Al Petite, coxswain.

25th Reunion Boat, Cambridge 1969 Harvard class of '44 pushes off the Well dock on the Charles River.(from left to right:) Bill Kydd, Cunningham, Ben Smith, Fezzy Morse, Gus Harwood, Jack Getchel, Dave Zamore, Don Pitkin, Bud Wentworth in bow.

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CREDIT CARD ORDERING: For convenient online ordering of The Sculler at Ease, go to our favorite bookseller Amazon.com - just here. Orders are filled very quickly by Grandview Street Press. Also read the readers' reviews, and add one of your own.

CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ORDERING: For mail-in orders directly from the publisher, download the order form here (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). You can request autographs with these orders.

For bulk, wholesale or bookstore pricing and orders, write to

Frank Cunningham
Grandview Street Press
1030 Grandview Street
Edmonds, WA 98020

or you can email Frank with extra-special requests, questions and the like.

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