|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
America's Champion Swimmer
Gertrude Ederle
David A. Adler Illustrated by Terry Widener
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
 |
|
9780152052515 Trade Paperback
0152052518
$6.00
32pages
Available
Trim Size:
11 x 9
Copyright Year:
2000
Territory:
World
Ages: 6 to 9 years |
Read an Excerpt
|
 |
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. But what she planned to do next had never been done by a woman: She would swim across the English Channel in fourteen hours and set a world record.
|
|
Biography |
|
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.
|
|
General Subjects |
|
Juvenile Nonfiction- Biography & Autobiography/Sports & Recre
Juvenile Nonfiction- Sports & Recreation/Water Sports
|
|
Curriculum Themes |
|
| Biography/Autobiography |
| Images of Strong Women |
Sports- Water Sports
|
|
Rights Details |
|
| Rights Sold: |
Junior Library Guild Selection
|
| Rights Holders: |
B/T: Harcourt
P/M: Text: Writers House
Art: Harcourt
|
Rights Information |
Voyager Booksis an imprint of Harcourt Children's Books
A Division ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
A
Harcourt Education Company
|
