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Author:

Checkoway, Julie, author.

Title:

The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory / Julie Checkoway.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Japanese American children--Maui.--Maui.
Swimming--Maui--Maui--History.
Swimmers--Maui--Maui--Biography.
Olympic Games--(14th :--1948 :--London, England)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-388) and index.

Contents:

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.

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.

ISBN:

9781455523450
1455523453

OCLC:

(OCoLC)932097405

Locations:

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

JKPC771 -- Polk City Community Library (Polk City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)