The Waterman Family

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Waterman's Child

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Publisher : Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Waterman's Child by : Barbara Mitchell

Download or read book Waterman's Child written by Barbara Mitchell and published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Annie begins with her great grandmother and tells about her family's life as fishermen on Chesapeake Bay.

The Watermen

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 059335706X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis The Watermen by : Michael Loynd

Download or read book The Watermen written by Michael Loynd and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that “bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an overlooked chapter in America’s sports history” (The Wall Street Journal) “Once or twice in a decade, one of these stories . . . like Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken [or] Daniel Brown’s The Boys in the Boat . . . captures the imagination of the public. . . . Add The Watermen by Michael Loynd to this illustrious list.”—Swimming World Winner of the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Paragon Award and the Buck Dawson Authors Award In the early twentieth century, few Americans knew how to swim, and swimming as a competitive sport was almost unheard of. That is, until Charles Daniels took to the water. On the surface, young Charles had it all: high-society parents, a place at an exclusive New York City prep school, summer vacations in the Adirondacks. But the scrawny teenager suffered from extreme anxiety thanks to a sadistic father who mired the family in bankruptcy and scandal before abandoning Charles and his mother altogether. Charles’s only source of joy was swimming. But with no one to teach him, he struggled with technique—until he caught the eye of two immigrant coaches hell-bent on building a U.S. swim program that could rival the British Empire’s seventy-year domination of the sport. Interwoven with the story of Charles’s efforts to overcome his family’s disgrace is the compelling history of the struggle to establish the modern Olympics in an era when competitive sports were still in their infancy. When the powerful British Empire finally legitimized the Games by hosting the fourth Olympiad in 1908, Charles’s hard-fought rise climaxed in a gold-medal race where British judges prepared a trap to ensure the American upstart’s defeat. Set in the early days of a rapidly changing twentieth century, The Watermen—a term used at the time to describe men skilled in water sports—tells an engrossing story of grit, of the growth of a major new sport in which Americans would prevail, and of a young man’s determination to excel.

Losing the Garden

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Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619020440
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Losing the Garden by : Laura Waterman

Download or read book Losing the Garden written by Laura Waterman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1971, Laura and Guy Waterman decided to give up all the conveniences of life and live self–sufficiently for the land, in a cabin in the mountains of Vermont. For nearly three decades they created a deliberate life, eating food they grew themselves and using no running water or electricity. Losing The Garden is an honest account of their marriage, seen as idyllic but riddled from within, as well as the event that would end it — the day Guy climbed a summit and sat down among the rocks to die. This is the memoir of a woman who was compelled to ask herself, "How could I support my husband's plan to commit suicide?" In her intimate examination, we explore the intricate and dark family histories of this couple, and reach a deep understanding of the marriage that tried to transcend them. At its heart, this is a love story and an affirmation of life after loss.

Waterman

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803254776
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Waterman by : David Davis

Download or read book Waterman written by David Davis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890–1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America’s first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original “human fish” set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade; his rivalry with Johnny Weissmuller transformed competitive swimming from an insignificant sideshow into a headliner event. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of “surf-riding,” an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. Standing proudly on his traditional wooden longboard, he spread surfing from Australia to the Hollywood crowd in California to New Jersey. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson. Kahanamoku’s connection to his homeland was equally important. He was born when Hawaii was an independent kingdom; he served as the sheriff of Honolulu during Pearl Harbor and World War II and as a globetrotting “Ambassador of Aloha” afterward; he died not long after Hawaii attained statehood. As one sportswriter put it, Duke was “Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey combined down here.” In Waterman, award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water. Purchase the audio edition.

My Ancestors Were Watermen

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ISBN 13 : 9781903462959
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis My Ancestors Were Watermen by : James W. Legon

Download or read book My Ancestors Were Watermen written by James W. Legon and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chasing Denali

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493035207
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Chasing Denali by : Jonathan Waterman

Download or read book Chasing Denali written by Jonathan Waterman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of four gold miners (called “Sourdoughs” because they carried sourdough starter with them at all times) who claimed to have summited after climbing more than 8,000 feet of steep snow and ice, then back down again—all in a single and incredibly dangerous day in 1910. Lugging a 25-pound, 14-foot flagpole to mark their success, they took on North America’s highest peak using sheet metal crampons, coal shovels, hatchets, and alpenstocks to balance their way up the mountain. Was the expedition a success or a hoax? Denali climber Jon Waterman brings this colorful mountaineering mystery to life.

Running Dry

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Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426205058
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Book Synopsis Running Dry by : Jonathan Waterman

Download or read book Running Dry written by Jonathan Waterman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-witness account of the many demands on the Colorado, from irrigating 3.5 million acres of farmland to watering the lawns of Los Angeles.

The Watermen

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Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 080415161X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis The Watermen by : James A. Michener

Download or read book The Watermen written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing the evocative artwork created by John Moll for this special edition, James A. Michener’s The Watermen is a unique tribute to the adventurous seafarers of the Chesapeake Bay. Excerpted from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s classic Chesapeake, this enthralling novel has a unity and a spirit all its own, telling the story of the bay and its wildlife, but especially of the watermen, from their favorite pastimes to their rivalries in hunting, oystering, racing, and fighting. Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly conceived, The Watermen is a narrative and visual feast from one of America’s favorite storytellers. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Chesapeake “Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . an emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press

Sea Salt

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Publisher : New World Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis Sea Salt by : Stan Waterman

Download or read book Sea Salt written by Stan Waterman and published by New World Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work of a born story-teller with a flair for language as stoked with imagery and insight as his films. It features his selected writings that deftly portray the joys and travails of living a full-bodied life.

The Granberry Family and Allied Families

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Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis The Granberry Family and Allied Families by : Donald Lines Jacobus

Download or read book The Granberry Family and Allied Families written by Donald Lines Jacobus and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moses Granberry was born in about 1700. He married Elizabeth. They had eight children. He died in 1753 in Norfolk County, Virginia. Ancestors descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Virginia, Massachusetts and Georgia.

Tom Blake

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ISBN 13 : 9780970422804
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (228 download)

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Book Synopsis Tom Blake by : Gary Lynch

Download or read book Tom Blake written by Gary Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014050978X
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (45 download)

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Book Synopsis Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man by : Robert McCloskey

Download or read book Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man written by Robert McCloskey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1989-03-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm.

The Waterman's Song

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Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807869724
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis The Waterman's Song by : David S. Cecelski

Download or read book The Waterman's Song written by David S. Cecelski and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, rivermen, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer Banks to the upper reaches of tidewater rivers. Demonstrating the vitality and significance of this local African American maritime culture, David Cecelski also reveals its connections to the Afro-Caribbean, the relatively egalitarian work culture of seafaring men who visited nearby ports, and the revolutionary political tides that coursed throughout the black Atlantic. Black maritime laborers played an essential role in local abolitionist activity, slave insurrections, and other antislavery activism. They also boatlifted thousands of slaves to freedom during the Civil War. But most important, Cecelski says, they carried an insurgent, democratic vision born in the maritime districts of the slave South into the political maelstrom of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Course of the Waterman

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Publisher : River City Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Course of the Waterman by : Nancy Taylor Robson

Download or read book Course of the Waterman written by Nancy Taylor Robson and published by River City Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Bailey Kraft must fight against his own family in order to preserve his birthright as a waterman along the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern shore.

Where Mountains are Nameless

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393052190
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (521 download)

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Book Synopsis Where Mountains are Nameless by : Jonathan Waterman

Download or read book Where Mountains are Nameless written by Jonathan Waterman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This portrait makes the stakes over the refuge vividly clear."--Jacket.

Try Never

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ISBN 13 : 9780996982757
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Try Never written by Anthony Madrid and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Written under the spell of a medieval Welsh poetic form, the poems in Anthony Madrid's incantatory second book, TRY NEVER, each offer up their own strange world. They're full of erudition, humor, and rare magnificence. A single poem can contain "bottles and cans," Mount Everest, an upset stomach, Texas rain, a hawk, the evil queen, a "twice- mended lid," and Ralph; as if to say, anything's possible.