Young woman and the sea
Subtitle: how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world
By: Glenn Stout.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780618858682
Subjects: Ederle, Gertrude, -- 1906-2003; Swimmers -- United States -- Biography; Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.