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Author Moser, Patrick

Title Surf and Rescue : George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture
Published Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
Series Sport and Society Ser
Sport and Society Ser
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
SUBJECT Freeth, George, Jr., 1883-1919
Subject Sauvetage -- Californie -- Histoire
Sauveteurs (Baignade) -- Californie -- Histoire
Natation -- Entraînement
Surfeurs -- Hawaii -- Biographies
California -- Social life and customs
Beaches -- California.
Lifesaving -- California -- History
Lifeguards -- California -- History
Swimming -- Coaching.
Surfers -- Hawaii -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Surfing.
Swimming -- Coaching
Surfers
Lifesaving
Lifeguards
Beaches
Hawaii
California
Genre/Form History
Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021056963
ISBN 9780252053443
0252053443