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Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world / Glenn Stout.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063305397 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xi, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Mariner Books paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Now a major motion picture starring Daisy Ridley"--Back cover. Includes afterword by the author ©2022. Originally published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2009. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Overboard -- The challenge -- Highlands -- The painter -- The Women's Swimming Association -- The crossing -- The teacher -- The channel -- The best girl -- The next man -- Goals -- Rivals -- Records -- Girl in the water -- Trials -- Agony -- Comeback -- Wolffe -- Touched -- Poison -- Cape Gris-Nez -- What for? -- Kingsdown -- Shore -- Swept away. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003. Long distance swimming > English Channel > History. Swimmers > United States > Biography. Women swimmers > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 797.21092 Ederl-S | 31681010400380 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Traces the story of the record-making swimmer's successful 1926 crossing of the English Channel, offering insight into the significance of her accomplishment, the personal price she paid for her achievement, and her abrupt subsequent departure from the public eye. - HARPERCOLL
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY STARRING DAISY RIDLEY.
The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a new era for women in sports
By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. Sheâd won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. But the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made the treacherous twenty-one mile crossing. Trudyâs failed first attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: No woman could possibly accomplish such a thing.
In 1926, Ederle proved them wrong. As her German immigrant parents cheered her, and her sister and fellow swimmer Meg helped fashion both her scandalous two-piece swimsuit and leak-proof goggles, Trudy was determined to succeed. âEngland or drown is my motto,â she said, plunging into the frigid Channel for her second attempt at the crossing. Fourteen hours later, two hours faster than any man, and after weathering a gale and waves that approached six-feet, she stepped onto Kingsdowne Beach as the most famous woman in the world.
Based on years of archival research that unearthed Ederleâs memory from obscurity, Young Woman and the Sea brings to life the real Trudy Ederle, the challenges that came with her fame, and the historic mark her achievement made for all women athletes who followed.Â
