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Clarion Books, 2005-01-06

America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle

America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle

David A Adler, Author

Terry Widener, Illustrator

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9780152052515

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Vibrant, full-color illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement. Full color.
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Keywords and Themes: Art • Biography & Autobiography • Girls & Women • History • JNF007100 • JNF007120 • JNF023000 • JNF025210 • JNF025250 • JNF054150 • Juvenile Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation • United States - 20th Century • United States - 21st Century • Water Sports • Women

Age Range • 4-7

Pages • 32

Subjects • Ederle • Gertrude • Swimmers • United States • Women swimmers • Women

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation • Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 21st Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History

Trudy Ederle loved to swim, and she was determined to be the best. At seventeen Trudy won three medals at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. But what she planned to do next had never been done by a woman: She would swim across the English Channel in fourteen hours and set a world record.
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