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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Checkoway, Julie, author.     Subjects     Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)     Swimmers -- Hawaii -- Maui -- Biography.     Swimming -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History.     Japanese American children -- Hawaii -- Maui.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Checkoway, Julie, author.       by title:      The three-year swim ...         MARC Display

The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory / Julie Checkoway. by Checkoway, Julie, author. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015. Subjects Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)   Swimmers -- Hawaii -- Maui -- Biography.   Swimming -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History.   Japanese American children -- Hawaii -- Maui. ISBN:  9781455523443 : 1455523445 Description:  viii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Aina Haina Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Ewa Beach P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hana P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Checkoway   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hanapepe Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii Kai Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 797.21092 Ch   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Ch pb Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 797.21092 Che   Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 3 4 5 Next

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