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The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's sugar ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory / Julie Checkoway.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781455523443 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: viii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 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. |
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| Subject: | Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) Swimmers > Hawaii > Biography. Japanese Americans > Hawaii > Biography. Japanese American children > Hawaii > Maui. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Chetwynd Public Library | 797.210 Che (Text) | 35222000921444 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | 979.210922 CHE (Text) | 35146001942515 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Elkford Public Library | 797.210922 CHE (Text) | 35170000385476 | Adult Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | 797.210922 CHE (Text) | 35136000498908 | Adult Non Fic | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Invermere Public Library | 797.210922 CHE (Text) | IPL051418 | Adult Non Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Smithers Public Library | ANF 797.210922 CHE (Text) | 35101000475868 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Whistler Public Library | Sports Swimming (Text) | 33987000970235 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Altona Library | 797. 2 Che (Text) | 35864002012837 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Sechelt Public Library | 797.210922 CHEC (Text) | 3326000375523 | Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Williams Lake Branch | 797.210922 CHE (Text) | 33923005584598 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
