Author: James W. LegonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781903462959
Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
My Ancestors Were Watermen
Author: James W. LegonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781903462959
Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Waterman's Child
Author: Barbara MitchellPublisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Young Annie begins with her great grandmother and tells about her family's life as fishermen on Chesapeake Bay.
Heroes of Postman's Park
Author: Dr John PricePublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750964685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
The Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park, London, is a Victorian monument containing fifty-four ceramic plaques commemorating sixty-two individuals, each of whom lost their own life while attempting to save another. Every plaque tells a tragic and moving story, but the short narratives do little more than whet the appetite and stimulate the imagination about the lives and deaths of these brave characters. Based upon extensive historical research, this book will, for the first time, provide a full and engaging account of the dramatic circumstances behind each of the incidents, and reveal the vibrant and colourful lives led by those who tragically died.
How to Trace Your Ancestors to Europe
Author: Hugh T. LawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
117 stories showing how ancestors were traced to 20 European countries : procedures and sources.
The Waterman Family
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Waterman
Author: David DavisPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803254776
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
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 ANCESTOR WORKED IN TEXTILE MILLS.
Author: ADELE. EMMPublisher:
ISBN: 9781907199608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Watermen
Author: Randall S. PefferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Common People
Author: Alison LightPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022633094X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"First published in 2014 by the Penguin Group"--Title page verso.
Waterman
Author: David DavisPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803285140
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
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.
