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Автор: Davis David
Название: Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku
ISBN: 9781496206008
Издательство: Marston Book Services
Классификация:

Биографии деятелей спорта

Водные виды спорта и развлечения

Плавание и дайвинг

Сёрфинг, виндсёрфинг, водные лыжи

ISBN-10: 1496206002
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 354
Вес: 0.52 кг.
Дата издания: 01.05.2018
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 20
Поставляется из: Англии
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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 Americas first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original human fish set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of surf-riding, an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. 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.

Kahanamokus 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.

In Waterman award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water.

David Davis is the author of Showdown at Shepherds Bush: The 1908 Olympic Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched a Sporting Craze; Play by Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography, 1889-1989; and Marathon Crasher: The Life and Times of Merry Lepper, the First American Woman to Run a Marathon. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and in three anthologies, including The Best American Sports Writing. He lives in Los Angeles.

Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku, Davis David