Dukes Olympic Feet
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Author | : Ellie Crowe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-10 |
Genre | : Olympic Games |
ISBN | : 9780896103924 |
Download Duke's Olympic Feet Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Provides biography of Duke Kahanamoku, world record swimmer, who was instrumental in popularizing surfing.
Author | : Neal Rozendaal |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2012-07-25 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0786469579 |
Download Duke Slater Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Fred "Duke" Slater was the greatest African American football player of the first half of the 20th century. Born into poverty, he developed into a two-time All-American tackle at the University of Iowa from 1918 to 1921. When the College Football Hall of Fame opened decades later, Duke was the only African American elected in the inaugural class. He then became the first black lineman in National Football League history in 1922, embarking on a remarkable ten-year career in the NFL. Incredibly, Slater was the only African American in the entire NFL for most of the late 1920s, yet he was widely recognized as one of the League's best linemen. But his pioneering influence extended beyond the gridiron. After retirement, he broke ground in the legal field as just the second black judge in Chicago history. On the field or on the bench, the inspirational life of Judge Duke Slater is a true American success story.
Author | : Lynn Atkinson Smolen |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2010-12-22 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 159884475X |
Download Multicultural Literature and Response Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This compelling book emphasizes the critical role of quality multicultural literature and reader response in today's schools and libraries. All students need access to books in which they can see themselves—not just their physical appearance, but their culture and language, as well. Multicultural Literature and Response: Affirming Diverse Voices was written to help teachers and librarians find and use the best multicultural books in the service of reading comprehension and more. Underscoring the necessity of selecting quality literature that authentically, sensitively, and accurately portrays different groups, the book defines multicultural literature and provides a strong argument for its importance in schools and libraries. Expert contributors guide users to multicultural authors and illustrators who portrays U.S. ethnic and cultural groups, and they suggest ways to integrate this literature with writing, fluency development, storytelling, and audiovisuals. Extensive lists of books and websites that feature multicultural literature, as well as of authors, illustrators, and publishers of multicultural literature, make it easy to include such works in programs across the curriculum.
Author | : David Davis |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2015-10-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0803254776 |
Download Waterman Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : Peter J. Westwick |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2013-07-23 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0307719480 |
Download The World in the Curl Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Draws on decades of experience and the popular team-taught courses at the University of California at Santa Barbara to trace the cultural, political, economic and environmental aspects of surfing while evaluating the diverse range of influences that have rendered the sport a billion-dollar worldwide industry.
Author | : Ellie Crowe |
Publisher | : StarWalk Kids Media |
Total Pages | : 61 |
Release | : 2014-01-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1630832650 |
Download Wind Runner Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Wind Runner -- Young Indian runners who ran as fast as the wind, carried vital messages for hundreds of miles across deserts, plains, and over mountains. This time the message was WAR. The starving Pueblo Indians were rising in battle against the cruel Spanish soldiers occupying their land, New Mexico. And they were calling on other Indian tribes, some their sworn enemies, to join the fight. Running alone is Running Deer, a 14-year-old boy taking the place of his older brother, Star Fire. But can a young boy succeed in this dangerous mission?
Author | : John Feinstein |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0375869638 |
Download Rush for the Gold Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.
Author | : Patrick Moser |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0252053443 |
Download Surf and Rescue Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The mixed-race Hawaiian athlete George Freeth brought surfing to Venice, California, in 1907. Over the next twelve years, Freeth taught Southern Californians to surf and swim while creating a modern lifeguard service that transformed the beach into a destination for fun, leisure, and excitement. Patrick Moser places Freeth’s inspiring life story against the rise of the Southern California beach culture he helped shape and define. Freeth made headlines with his rescue of seven fishermen, an act of heroism that highlighted his innovative lifeguarding techniques. But he also founded California's first surf club and coached both male and female athletes, including Olympic swimming champion and “father of modern surfing” Duke Kahanamoku. Often in financial straits, Freeth persevered as a teacher and lifeguarding pioneer--building a legacy that endured long after his death during the 1919 influenza pandemic. A compelling merger of biography and sports history, Surf and Rescue brings to light the forgotten figure whose novel way of seeing the beach sparked the imaginations of people around the world.
Author | : Patricia A. Keeler |
Publisher | : Lee & Low Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-04-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781620140796 |
Download Drumbeat in Our Feet Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Informative passages and lyrical verse explore the history and rhythmic qualities of traditional African dance as performed long ago and today. Note about Harlem-based African dance troupe Batoto Yetu, photographs, and map in backmatter"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Ben Marcus |
Publisher | : Mvp Books |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2013-12-25 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0760345295 |
Download 365 Surfboards Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"A history of surfboards offering images and descriptions of the most important, innovative, or interesting surboards from throughout the world"--