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Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing /
- Title
- Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing / by Stuart Holmes Coleman.
- Author
- Coleman, Stuart Holmes.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin, [2004], ©2001.
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Details
- Description
- 269 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- In the 1970s, a decade before bumper stickers and T-shirts bearing the phrase Eddie Would Go began popping up all over the Hawaiian islands and throughout the surfing world, Eddie Aikau was proving what it meant to be a "waterman." As a fearless and gifted surfer, he rode the biggest waves in the world; as the first and most famous Waimea Bay lifeguard on the North Shore, he saved hundreds of lives from its treacherous waters; and as a proud Hawaiian, he sacrificed his life to save the crew aboard the voyaging canoe Hokule'a. Eddie Would Go is the compelling story of Eddie Aikau's legendary life and legacy, a pipeline into the exhilarating world of surfing, and an important chronicle of the Hawaiian Renaissance and the emergence of modern Hawaii. -- Publisher's website.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: Honolulu : MindRaising Press, 2002.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
- ISBN
- 0312327188
- 9780312327187
- 09706137X (canceled/invalid)
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library