The Three-Year Swim Club : The Untold Story Of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids And Their Quest For Olympic Glory
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Checkoway, Julie,
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New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015., , ©2015.
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First edition.
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657 pages : 24 cm.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Japanese American children -- Hawaii -- Maui.
Olympic Games -- (14th : -- 1948 : -- London, England)
Swimmers -- Hawaii -- Maui -- Biography.
Swimming -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History.
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Asian American Studies
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Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015., , ©2015.
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Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-388) and index.
Description
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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Checkoway, J. (2015). The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story Of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids And Their Quest For Olympic Glory (First edition.). Grand Central Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Checkoway, Julie. 2015. The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story Of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids And Their Quest For Olympic Glory. Grand Central Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Checkoway, Julie. The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story Of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids And Their Quest For Olympic Glory Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Checkoway, Julie. The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story Of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids And Their Quest For Olympic Glory First edition., Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

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