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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Checkoway, Julie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese American children--Hawaii--Maui.

Japanese American children.

Swimming--Hawaii--Maui--History.

Swimming.

Swimmers--Hawaii--Maui--Biography.

Swimmers.

Olympic Games--(14th : 1948 : London, England).

Olympic Games.

History.

Hawaii--Maui.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

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.

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781455523443

1455523445

OCLC:

907157329