Description |
x, 206 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
Summary |
The world greatest swimmer, Dawn Fraser, gold medal winner at three consecutive Olympic Games, now bares the secrets from the turbulent wash of her 10,000-mile swim from a cheeky asthmatic kid at Balmain Baths, Sydney, Australia, to the top rostrums of world sporting fame... a girl acclaimed by her nation, reported, condemmed, banished by officials |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
Fraser, Dawn, 1937-
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Athletes -- Australia -- Biography.
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Olympic athletes -- Australia -- Biography.
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Politicians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography.
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Swimmers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Women Olympic athletes -- Australia -- Biography.
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Women swimmers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Author |
Gordon, Harry, 1925-2015
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