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The Olympic Club of New Orleans

Author : S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633053
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Olympic Club of New Orleans written by S. Derby Gisclair and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in New Orleans, despite legal prohibitions. A revised city ordinance and a vague state statute permitting boxing sponsored by chartered athletic clubs were frequently tested at the Olympic, the epicenter of boxing in America. Between 1890 and 1894, the club's 10,000-seat arena hosted six world championship and seven national or regional title bouts. The 1892 Fistic Carnival featured three world title fights on three consecutive days, culminating in the World Heavyweight Championship between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett.

The Three-Year Swim Club

Author : Julie Checkoway
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1455523437
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Three-Year Swim Club written by Julie Checkoway and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling inspirational story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers. In 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the current of their circumstance. The goal? To become Olympians. They faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The children were Japanese-American and were malnourished and barefoot. They had no pool; they trained in the filthy irrigation ditches that snaked down from the mountains into the sugarcane fields. Their future was in those same fields, working alongside their parents in virtual slavery, known not by their names but by numbered tags that hung around their necks. Their teacher, Soichi Sakamoto, was an ordinary man whose swimming ability didn't extend much beyond treading water. In spite of everything, including the virulent anti-Japanese sentiment of the late 1930s, in their first year the children outraced Olympic athletes twice their size; in their second year, they were national and international champs, shattering American and world records and making headlines from L.A. to Nazi Germany. In their third year, they'd be declared the greatest swimmers in the world. But they'd also face their greatest obstacle: the dawning of a world war and the cancellation of the Games. Still, on the battlefield, they'd become the 20th century's most celebrated heroes, and in 1948, they'd have one last chance for Olympic glory. They were the Three-Year Swim Club. This is their story.

Sakamoto's Swim Club

Author : Julie Abery
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1525307886
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Sakamoto's Swim Club written by Julie Abery and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyrically told true story of the teacher who coached Hawaiian swimmers to Olympic glory. When the children of workers on a 1930s Maui sugar plantation were chased away from playing in the nearby irrigation ditches, local science teacher Soichi Sakamoto had an idea. He would take responsibility for the children and train them to swim. Using his science background, Sakamoto developed a strict practice regime for the kids, honing their skills and building their strength and endurance. They formed a team and began to dominate events, first nationally and then internationally — until they made it all the way to Olympic gold! Told in simple rhyme, Sakamoto’s story will inspire athletes, coaches — and everyone who believes impossible dreams can come true.

We Came Here to Forget

Author : Andrea Dunlop
Publisher : Atria Books
ISBN 13 : 1982103434
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book We Came Here to Forget written by Andrea Dunlop and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of She Regrets Nothing, which BuzzFeed called a “sharp, glittering story of wealth, family, and fate,” a vivid novel about a young Olympic skier who loses everything and reinvents herself in Buenos Aires, where she meets a man keeping dark secrets of his own. Katie Cleary has always known exactly what she wants: to be the best skier in the world. As a teenager, she leaves her home to live and train full time with her two best friends, brothers Luke and Blair. Their wealthy father hires the best coaches money can buy and after years of training, the three friends are the USA’s best shot at bringing home Olympic gold. But as the upward trajectory of Katie’s elite skiing career nears its zenith, a terrifying truth about her sister becomes impossible to ignore—one that will lay ruin not only to Katie’s career but to her family and her relationship with Luke and Blair. With her life shattered and nothing left to lose, Katie flees the snowy mountainsides of home for Buenos Aires. There, she reinvents herself and meets a colorful group of ex-pats and the alluring, charismatic Gianluca Fortunado, a tango teacher with secrets of his own. This beautiful city, with its dark history and wild promise, seems like the perfect refuge, but can she really outrun her demons? “Searing, gripping…a complicated story of sisterhood unlike any told before” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six), We Came Here to Forget explores what it means to dream, to desire, to achieve—and what’s left behind after it all disappears.

Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Baseball in Minnesota

Author : Stew Thornley
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780873515511
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Baseball in Minnesota written by Stew Thornley and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early days of town ball to the latest seasons of the Twins and Saints, Stew Thornley offers the ultimate history of the Great American Pastime in the North Star State.

San Francisco Water

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco Water written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on the water supply system for San Francisco. Included are biographies of company employees, articles on local history, and poems by California authors.

Eddie Foy

Author : Armond Fields
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786407026
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Eddie Foy written by Armond Fields and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just a century ago Eddie Foy was the consummate stage comedian. A versatile performer, Foy contributed to the development of popular theater from the Civil War to the Roaring Twenties, from poverty-inspired Irish two-acts to lavish musical comedies. This first-ever biography of Foy tells the story of his indigent childhood in New York's Bowery and in Chicago, his tough uphill climb as a variety artist at Western outposts, his success in vaudeville and Broadway, and his arrival as a national icon with the Seven Little Foys. Foy's career mirrored the growth of popular theater entertainment in America. Exhaustively researched, this work contains many rare personal photographs from the Foy family archives.

James J. Corbett

Author : Armond Fields
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786450223
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book James J. Corbett written by Armond Fields and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he died in 1933, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was honored by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing public, who celebrated him as America's greatest boxing champion, and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one of Broadway's top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He became America's first national sports hero and went on to formulate the theater world's star system. This is the first definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, and who also knocked out audiences who flocked to see him in vaudeville and silent pictures. The focus herein is on the real man, the influences on his life, and the social and commercial environment within which he functioned. The author reveals that Corbett was a complex, driven, enigmatic man whose dedicated participation in popular entertainment changed American social values and mores, and at the same time reinvented the notion of a national hero.

Outing and the Wheelman

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Outing and the Wheelman written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bonville's Western Monthly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bonville's Western Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decisions

Author : California Public Utilities Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decisions written by California Public Utilities Commission and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decisions of the Railroad Commission of the State of California

Author : Railroad Commission of the State of California
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Decisions of the Railroad Commission of the State of California written by Railroad Commission of the State of California and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of the Exposition

Author : Frank Morton Todd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Exposition written by Frank Morton Todd and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series of volumes describe the Panama-Pacific International Exposition from idea to inception.

Report of Decisions of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California for the Year ...

Author : California. Industrial Accident Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Report of Decisions of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California for the Year ... written by California. Industrial Accident Commission and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of Decisions of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California

Author : California. Industrial Accident Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Report of Decisions of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California written by California. Industrial Accident Commission and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Outing

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outing written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: