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the untold story of the Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory

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An edition of Three-Year Swim Club (2015)

The three-year swim club

the untold story of the Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory

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  • 2 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

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.

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Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
415

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Athletes, united states, Swimming, Japanese American children, History, Swimmers, Biography, Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England), Olympic Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01408249, nyt:sports=2016-07-10, New York Times bestseller
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Cover of: Three-Year Swim Club
Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
2016, Grand Central Publishing
in English
Cover of: Three-Year Swim Club
Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of the Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
2016, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: Three-Year Swim Club
Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
2015, Grand Central Publishing
in English
Cover of: Three-Year Swim Club
Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
2015, Grand Central Publishing
in English
Cover of: Three-Year Swim Club
Three-Year Swim Club
2015, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: The three-year swim club
The three-year swim club: the untold story of the Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory
2015, Little, Brown
in English

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Table of 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
797.210922

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
415

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OL31939844M
Internet Archive
threeyearswimclu0000chec_q5p6
ISBN 10
1408707896
ISBN 13
9781408707890
OCLC/WorldCat
931524486

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