Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm

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Synopsis
On the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle stood in her bathing suit on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. Lyrical text, stunning illustrations and fascinating back matter put the reader right alongside Ederle in her bid to be the first woman to swim the Channel—and contextualizes her record-smashing victory as a defining moment in sports history. Time line, bibliography, source notes.
Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780823438266
Related ISBNs:
9780823436651
Publisher:
Holiday House
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Sue Macy
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
Grade Levels:
First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade
Reading Age:
6–9
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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