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The Keepers of the Sand: A Waikiki Beachboy's Story

The Keepers of the Sand: A Waikiki Beachboy's Story - Paperback

by Barry Napoleon
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Availability:In StockContributor:Barry NapoleonPublish date:2017-04-06Pages:342
Language:EnglishPublisher:Shawn YoungISBN-13:9780692872130ISBN-10:692872132UPC:9780692872130Book Category:Sports & Recreation, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History, Oceania, Personal MemoirsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SC8P0XVA5M

The Keepers of the Sand is a personal memoir written by former Waikiki Beachboy Barry Napoleon, who was born in 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barry's father, Walter Napoleon, was the Captain of the lifeguards at the War Memorial Natatorium at Waikiki, and Barry grew up following his father to work at the beach. He began working as a beachboy in 1952 and continued for the next 30 years. The Keepers of the Sand details his life and times on the beach, the people he knew, and the culture at Waikiki during that time.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Shawn YoungISBN-13:9780692872130ISBN-10:692872132UPC:9780692872130Book Category:Sports & Recreation, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History, Oceania, Personal MemoirsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SC8P0XVA5M
Napoleon, Barry: - Barry Napoleon was born in 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Walter Napoleon, was the Captain of the lifeguards at the War Memorial Natatorium at Waikiki. Barry grew up following his father to work at the beach, and began working as a beachboy in 1952 after attending college in California and Utah. He worked as a beachboy, beach concession owner, and surfboard manufacturer for the next 30 years. Barry details his times on the beach in his memoir, The Keepers of the Sand.
Publisher: Shawn Young

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