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02231aam a22003373i 4500 001 728534125DF911E68C2C6BE1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 151211s2016 nyuaf b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 9781455523450 020 $a 1455523453 035 $a (OCoLC)932097405 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d JFL $d OCLCO $d JIM $d SILO 100 1 $a Checkoway, Julie, $e author. 245 14 $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. 260 $a New York : $b Grand Central Publishing, $c 2016. 300 $a x, 429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-388) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 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 Maui. $z Maui. 650 0 $a Swimming $z Maui $z Maui $x History. 650 0 $a Swimmers $z Maui $z Maui $v Biography. 611 20 $a Olympic Games $n (14th : $d 1948 : $c London, England) 941 $a 4 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305013517.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20210224024451.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528062541.0 952 $l JKPC771 $d 20200414010626.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=728534125DF911E68C2C6BE1DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search