4 records matched your query
02823aam a22004333i 4500 001 ABC859287F9411E5A3228A8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 150306s2015 nyua db 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2015947608 020 $a 145553627X 020 $a 9781455536276 035 $a (OCoLC)907157330 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d OCO $d CO2 $d JIW $d SILO 082 04 $a 797.210922 $2 23 100 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. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Grand Central Publishing, $c 2015. 300 $a viii, 657 pages (large print), 16 unumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-629). 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: Taken at 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 Sixteen: Home Front -- Chapter Seventeen: Detroit, Redux (1948) -- Chapter Eighteen: 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) 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722052907.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323025644.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107050945.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719042820.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20160607012452.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20151219010852.0 952 $l EXPC755 $d 20151103013431.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ABC859287F9411E5A3228A8FDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search