The three-year swim club : the untold story of Maui's Sugar Ditch kids and their quest for Olympic glory
by Checkoway, Julie (Author)
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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 cham... Full description
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English
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English
Edition
First edition.
Subjects
Olympic Games > (14th : > 1948 : > London, England)
Japanese American children > Hawaii > Maui.
Swimming > Hawaii > Maui > History.
Swimmers > Hawaii > Maui > Biography.