| ISBN |
9780994500861 (hardback) : |
| Author |
Devitt, John, 1937 - (author.) |
| Title |
Cecil Healy : a biography / John Devitt and Larry Writer. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Concord, NSW : Stoke Hill Press, 2018. |
| ©2018. |
| Description |
518 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"The epic tale of Australia's only Olympic gold medallist to die at war"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-506) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subjects |
Healy, Cecil, -- 1882-1918 |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Australia |
| Swimmers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Olympic athletes -- Australia -- Biography |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Writer, Larry (author.) |
| Call number |
2018.271 |
