A NYT bestseller
The Three-Year Swim Club
In 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the current of their circumstance. The goal? To become Olympians. They were the Three-Year Swim Club. This is their story.
Diving in, Camp 5 Pool, courtesy of the Alexander and Baldwin Sugar Museum
“Checkoway has created a sports history that is singular in its own right…”
“A brightly told story of the triumph of underdogs … exuberant, well-researched … tense, vivid, and inspiring.”
“Captivating…engaging individuals … a tumultuous time in history”
“…could take the place of The Boys in the Boat”
