Christopher McDougall's journey begins with a story of remarkable athletic prowess: On the
treacherous mountains of Crete a motley band of World War II Resistance fighters-an artist a
shepherd and a poet-abducted a German commander from the heart of the Axis occupation. To
understand how McDougall retraces their steps across the island that birthed Herakles and
Odysseus and discovers ancient techniques for endurance sustenance and natural movement that
have been preserved in unique communities around the world. His search takes us scrambling over
rooftops with a Parkour crew in London foraging for greens with a ballerina in Brooklyn
tossing heavy pieces of driftwood on a Brazilian beach with the creator of MovNat-and finally
to our own backyards. Natural Born Heroes will inspire readers to unleash the extraordinary
potential of the human body and climb swim skip throw and jump their way to heroic feats.
