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LEADER: 03042cam 2200589Mi 4500
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100 1 $aCheckoway, Julie,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe three-year swim club :$bthe untold story of the Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory /$cJulie Checkoway.
264 1 $aLondon :$bLittle, Brown,$c2015.
300 $aviii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart 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 $aThe 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.
600 10 $aSakamoto, Soichi
611 20 $aOlympic Games$n(14th :$d1948 :$cLondon, England)
650 0 $aJapanese American children$zHawaii$zMaui.
650 0 $aSwimming$zHawaii$zMaui$xHistory.
650 0 $aSwimmers$zHawaii$zMaui$vBiography.
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