Surf and Rescue

George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture

Patrick Moser (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2022
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04444-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Patrick Moser is a professor of French at Drury University and editor of Pacific Passages: An Anthology of Surf Writing.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	Sport and Society
Zusatzinfo	39 black & white photographs
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-252-04444-4 / 0252044444
ISBN-13	978-0-252-04444-1 / 9780252044441
Zustand	Neuware