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Paperback Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture Book

ISBN: 025208652X

ISBN13: 9780252086526

Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture

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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...

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