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SURF & RESCUE: GEORGE FREETH & THE BIRTH OF CALIFORNIA BEACH CULTURE

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SURF & RESCUE: GEORGE FREETH & THE BIRTH OF CALIFORNIA BEACH CULTURE

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 sets Freeth’s inspiring life story against the rise of Southern California beach culture, which 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.

  • 240 pages
  • Softcover

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 sets Freeth’s inspiring life story against the rise of Southern California beach culture, which 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.

  • 240 pages
  • Softcover
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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 sets Freeth’s inspiring life story against the rise of Southern California beach culture, which 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.

  • 240 pages
  • Softcover
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