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1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 04 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Anna Fields. |
| Summary |
Did you know that women once wore corsets under their bathing suits? Or that "semi-drowning"-the strip and plunge practice-was thought to be good for one's health? Or that Pudgy Stockton, the body-building queen of Muscle Beach, California, opened the country's first gym for women? From the bathhouses of the ancient Greeks to Venice Beach and Coney Island, Let's Go to the Beach takes a multifaceted and well researched look at beaches and their attendant customs. The text explores such historical transformations as the evolution of the waterways from places of commerce to venues of health and recreation, as well as the bathing suit's revealing journey from full-body cover-up to string bikini. Information about environmental concerns (including beach safety and preservation), along with quirky facts and trivia, round out this intriguing volume. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Beaches -- Recreational use -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Outdoor recreation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Beaches -- United States -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
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Beaches.
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Outdoor recreation.
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| Added Author |
Fields, Anna, 1965-2006. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982422585 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982422580 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12395299 |
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