The three-year swim club the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory
The 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 cham...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Grand Central Publishing,
2015.
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000Ki 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ocn907157329 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20151103115200.0 | ||
| 008 | 150306s2015 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d | ||
| 010 | |a 2015947608 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781455523443 (hardcover) | ||
| 020 | |a 1455523445 (hardcover) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)907157329 | ||
| 040 | |a BTCTA |b eng |e rda |c BTCTA |d BDX |d YDXCP |d NOG |d OCLCO |d PX0 |d ON8 |d CO2 |d GK8 |d PCB | ||
| 050 | 1 | 4 | |a GV837.9 |b .C54 2015 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 797.2/10922 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Checkoway, Julie, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The three-year swim club : |b the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory / |c Julie Checkoway. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Grand Central Publishing, |c 2015. | |
| 300 | |a viii, 415 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface -- Part One: Such Stuff as Dreams (1932-1937) -- Chapter One: To Race with Giants -- Chapter Two: Hardhead -- Chapter Three: A Wide Awakening -- Chapter Four: The Pursuit of Greater Ventures -- Part Two: On Such a Sea (1938) -- Chapter Five: An Exercise of Will -- Chapter Six: Owing to the Protracted Hostilities -- Chapter Seven: Keeping 1940 in Mind All the Time -- Part Three: Takenat the Flood (1939) -- Chapter Eight: Down Under -- Chapter Nine: Youths of the Sea -- Chapter Ten: The Coup -- Part Four: A Tide in the Affairs of Men (1940-1941) -- Chapter Eleven: A Season of Flame -- Chapter Twelve: Santa Barbara -- Chapter Thirteen: Mr. Smith Comes to Maui -- Chapter Fourteen: Blitzkrieg-- Part Five: Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight (Nana korobi, ya oki) (1944-1948) -- Chapter Fifteen: Go for Broke -- Chapter Sixeen: Home Front -- Chapter Seventeen: Detroit, Redux (1948) -- Chapter Eighteen: Goals and Sacrifices -- Afterword -- Author's Notes -- Section Notes -- Three-Year Swim Club Members -- Mahalo Nui Loa/Thank You -- Index -- About the Author. | |
| 520 | |a The 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. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Japanese American children |z Hawaii |z Maui. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Swimming |z Hawaii |z Maui |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Swimmers |z Hawaii |z Maui |v Biography. | |
| 611 | 2 | 0 | |a Olympic Games |n (14th : |d 1948 : |c London, England) |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Hays, Sara Light tribute. | |
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0016685860 | ||
| 938 | |a Brodart |b BROD |n 112243320 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 12575660 | ||
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a CCL |b CadNF |c 797.21 Ch |d i |e 39241503315157 |f 580118 |g ddc |j 08/06/2015 | ||
| 949 | |a schlow |b SANON |c 797.2109 CHE |d i |e 39635103475725 |f 574853 |g ddc |j 06/03/2015 | ||
| 999 | |a 375607 | ||
