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- Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world / by Stout, Glenn,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She'd 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. Trudy's failed first attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: no woman could possibly accomplish such a thing. In 1926, Ederle proved them wrong ... "--Back cover.- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.; Long distance swimming; Swimmers; Women swimmers;
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