America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle - Hardcover

Adler, David A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152019693 ISBN 13: 9780152019693

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 2000

Synopsis

Trudy Ederle loved to swim. And she was determined to be the best. At seventeen Trudy won three medals at the 1924 Olympics, in Paris. By the time she turned nineteen, Trudy had set twenty-nine U.S. and world records. But what she planned to do next had never been done--by a woman. She would tackle the most difficult swim of all time: the twenty-one miles of cold, choppy water that separate England from France. Trudy's historic fourteen-hour swim across the English Channel set a world record. She defied those who said it couldn't be done. And with her courage and endurance, Trudy Ederle became a symbol for women everywhere. By the award-winning team that created" Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man " Includes a historical author's note Features one of the most celebrated female athletes of the century"

About this title

Review:

"Captures the highlights of Ederle's life in evocative images and telling details."--The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

DAVID ADLER has written more than a hundred books, including Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man and Mama Played Baseball. He lives on Long Island, New York.

TERRY WIDENER's work has been featured in Esquire, Harper's, Sports Illustrated, and on the cover of Time. He's also illustrated several books for children, including Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. He lives in McKinney, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0152019693
• ISBN 13: 9780152019693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Widener Terry