Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world /

In 1926, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stout, Glenn, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
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Summary:In 1926, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.
Physical Description:xiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780618858682
0618858687