Full Product Details
Author: David Davis
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9781496206008
ISBN 10: 1496206002
Pages: 354
Publication Date: 01 May 2018
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.
Reviews
A must-read. --Surfer Today--Surfer Today (09/10/2015) This is the perfect book. . . . I'm ecstatic for the good people at Nebraska. I hope they sell a bazillion copies of Waterman. --Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews-- (10/09/2015) Davis is to be commended for this winning portrait of a man who 'yearned for water like it was his lover' and inspired so many, but most of all Hawaiians, to embrace competition and be proud of where they came from. --Mindy Pennybacker, Honolulu Star-Advertiser--Mindy Pennybacker Honolulu Star-Advertiser (11/15/2015) David Davis' enjoyable new biography, Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku, presents a man of many accomplishments and few boasts. --Ryan McDonald, Easy Reader News--Ryan McDonald Easy Reader News (10/22/2015) A must-read. --Don Wallace, Honolulu Magazine--Don Wallace Honolulu Magazine Waterman provides an engaging tale of a Hawaiian icon and an Olympic superstar. --Lindsay Parks Pieper, Sport in American History--Lindsay Parks Pieper Sport in American History (01/23/2016) A much-needed study of a legendary Hawaiian Olympic athlete and surf pioneer. --Rob Hudson, Journal of Sport History--Rob Hudson Journal of Sport History A belated and bountiful tribute to this great Hawaiian's memory. --Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal--Simon Winchester Wall Street Journal (10/02/2015)
David Davis' enjoyable new biography, Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku, presents a man of many accomplishments and few boasts. --Ryan McDonald, Easy Reader News--Ryan McDonald Easy Reader News (10/22/2015) A much-needed study of a legendary Hawaiian Olympic athlete and surf pioneer. --Rob Hudson, Journal of Sport History--Rob Hudson Journal of Sport History Davis is to be commended for this winning portrait of a man who yearned for water like it was his lover and inspired so many, but most of all Hawaiians, to embrace competition and be proud of where they came from. --Mindy Pennybacker, Honolulu Star-Advertiser--Mindy Pennybacker Honolulu Star-Advertiser (11/15/2015) This is the perfect book. . . . I'm ecstatic for the good people at Nebraska. I hope they sell a bazillion copies of Waterman. --Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews--Matt Sutherland Foreword Reviews (10/09/2015) A must-read. --Don Wallace, Honolulu Magazine--Don Wallace Honolulu Magazine Waterman provides an engaging tale of a Hawaiian icon and an Olympic superstar. --Lindsay Parks Pieper, Sport in American History--Lindsay Parks Pieper Sport in American History (01/23/2016) A belated and bountiful tribute to this great Hawaiian's memory. --Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal--Simon Winchester Wall Street Journal (10/02/2015)
This is the perfect book. . . . I'm ecstatic for the good people at Nebraska. I hope they sell a bazillion copies of Waterman. --Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews-- (10/09/2015) A must-read. --Surfer Today--Surfer Today (09/10/2015) Davis is to be commended for this winning portrait of a man who 'yearned for water like it was his lover' and inspired so many, but most of all Hawaiians, to embrace competition and be proud of where they came from. --Mindy Pennybacker, Honolulu Star-Advertiser--Mindy Pennybacker Honolulu Star-Advertiser (11/15/2015) David Davis' enjoyable new biography, Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku, presents a man of many accomplishments and few boasts. --Ryan McDonald, Easy Reader News--Ryan McDonald Easy Reader News (10/22/2015) A must-read. --Don Wallace, Honolulu Magazine--Don Wallace Honolulu Magazine A belated and bountiful tribute to this great Hawaiian's memory. --Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal--Simon Winchester Wall Street Journal (10/02/2015) A much-needed study of a legendary Hawaiian Olympic athlete and surf pioneer. --Rob Hudson, Journal of Sport History--Rob Hudson Journal of Sport History Waterman provides an engaging tale of a Hawaiian icon and an Olympic superstar. --Lindsay Parks Pieper, Sport in American History--Lindsay Parks Pieper Sport in American History (01/23/2016)
Author Information
David Davis is the author of Showdown at Shepherd's 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.
