The Last Waterman

Author : G M Ford
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780330427555
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Ditch written by G M Ford and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reputation of Leo Waterman's late father, a prominent Seattle politician, comes into question when the skeleton of his biggest foe is dug up in the father's backyard. To clear his dad's name, Leo must dig up a very dangerous past and do his damnedest not to get buried beneath it.

Author : Michael Loynd
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 059335706X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Stan Waterman
Publisher : New World Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Dennis Waterman
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminder written by Dennis Waterman and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 2000 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his first starring role in "Just William to the huge TV successes with "The Sweeney and Minder, Dennis Waterman had an amazing theatrical career, which has also combined with an equally dramatic love life. There were affairs with Suzy Kendall and Romy Schneider, and some failed marriages, the last being with Rula Lenska. Now Waterman wants to set the record straight about his rumbustious, action-packed life. "From the Paperback edition.

Author : David Davis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803254776
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Dick Waterman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933784458
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Midnight and Day written by Dick Waterman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Glenn Lawson
Publisher : Zak Books
ISBN 13 : 9780962043901
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Waterman written by Glenn Lawson and published by Zak Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 080415161X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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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

Author : Pete Waterman
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780753505731
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Wish I Was Me written by Pete Waterman and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 2001-06-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shrouded in a self-created fog of mystery, the elusive George Harrison was always the most private and enigmatic member of the Beatles. From his hard-knock childhood in Liverpool to his ascendance to the highest pinnacles of rock 'n' roll's hall of fame, his life was a rollercoaster ride filled with legendary success and heart-crushing defeat.

Author : Glenn Lawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780962043918
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Waterman written by Glenn Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: