Bibliograph

Cecil Healy, a biography, John Devitt and Larry Writer

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Cecil Healy, a biography, John Devitt and Larry Writer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cecil Healy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John Devitt and Larry Writer

Sub title

a biography

Summary

John Devitt, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, tells the story of Cecil Healy, one of Australia's greatest swimmers and a journalist, surfer, administrator and soldier. Healy swam at the 1906 and 1912 Olympic Games, and won a gold medal at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. He was killed in 1918, during World War 1, at the Battle of Mont St Quentin. This biography is published on the centenary of his death

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