Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
Julie Checkoway • Grand Central Publishing • ISBN-13 978‑1455523443
Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
Julie Checkoway • Grand Central Publishing
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ISBN-10: 1455523445 · ISBN-13: 978‑1455523443 · 2015 · 1st Edition
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Julie Checkoway chronicles the remarkable ascent of Soichi Sakamoto and his team of impoverished children from Maui’s irrigation ditches to the world stage of Olympic swimming. This narrative nonfiction work meticulously reconstructs the social landscape of 1930s Hawaii, capturing the resilience and athletic ingenuity of the Sugar Ditch Kids.
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