The Great Swim
Publisher: Walker & Company; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Published: February 19, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780802715951
Subjects: Sports - General; Women; Sports & Recreation / General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography; English Channel; Long distance swimming; Swimmers; United States; Women swimmers; Biography/Autobiography
Description: Draws on primary sources, diaries, and family interviews to document the story of four American athletes who in 1926 became the first women to swim the English Channel, in an account that also cites the media frenzy that surrounded their achievement.