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The three-year swim club : the untold story of ... Read More

Checkoway, Julie,(author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781455523443
  • ISBN: 1455523445
  • Physical Description: viii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ... Read More
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages ... Read More
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Part one: Such stuff as dreams (1932-1937). To ... Read More
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The inspirational story of a group of impoverished ... Read More
Subject: Japanese American children > Hawaii > Maui.
Swimming > Hawaii > Maui > History.
Swimmers > Hawaii > Maui > Biography.
Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)
Olympic Games.
Japanese American children.
Swimmers
Swimming
Hawaii > Maui.
Genre: Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
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24514. ‡aThe three-year swim club : ‡bthe untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory / ‡cJulie Checkoway.
250 . ‡aFirst edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bGrand Central Publishing, ‡c2015.
300 . ‡aviii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm.
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index.
5050 . ‡aPart one: Such stuff as dreams (1932-1937). To race with giants ; Hardhead ; A wide awakening ; The pursuit of greater ventures -- Part two: On such a sea (1938). An exercise of will ; Owing to the protracted hostilities ; Keeping 1940 in mind all the time -- Part three: Taken at the flood (1939). Down under ; Youths of the sea ; The coup -- Part four: A tide in the affairs of men (1940-1941). A season of flame ; Santa Barbara ; Mr. Smith comes to Maui ; Blitzkrieg -- Part five: Fall seven times, get up eight (nana korobi, ya oki) (1944-1948). Go for broke ; Home front ; Detroit, redux (1948) ; Goals and sacrifices.
520 . ‡aThe inspirational story of a group of impoverished children who were transformed into champion swimmers. In 1937 an ordinary grammar school teacher on the island of Maui took a group of underprivileged children, mostly of Japanese ancestry, and in three short years transformed them into Olympic champions.
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