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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
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 415 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781455523443
- Label
- The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory
- Title
- The three-year swim club
- Title remainder
- the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory
- Statement of responsibility
- Julie Checkoway
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Checkoway, Julie
- Dewey number
- 797.2/10922
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV837.9
- LC item number
- .C54 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Japanese American children
- Swimming
- Swimmers
- Olympic Games
- Label
- The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory, Julie Checkoway
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 1622139
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 415 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781455523443
- Lccn
- 2015947608
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1622139
- (OCoLC)907157329
- Label
- The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory, Julie Checkoway
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 1622139
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 415 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781455523443
- Lccn
- 2015947608
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1622139
- (OCoLC)907157329
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