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America's Champion Swimmer
Gertrude Ederle
David A. Adler, Illustrated by Terry Widener
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9780152019693 Hardcover
0152019693
$16.00
32pages
Available
Trim Size:
11 x 9
Copyright Year:
2000
Territory:
World
Ages: 6 to 9 years |
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Synopsis |
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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
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Awards |
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| ABA's Pick of the Lists |
| ALA Notable Children’s Book |
| Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist, A |
| Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book |
| NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies |
| Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award |
| Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children |
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General Subjects |
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Juvenile Nonfiction- Biography & Autobiography/Sports & Recre
Juvenile Nonfiction- Sports & Recreation/Water Sports
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Curriculum Themes |
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| Accelerated Reader |
| Biography/Autobiography |
History- General
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| Images of Strong Women |
People & Places: North America- US: New York
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Sports- Water Sports
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Rights Details |
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| Rights Sold: |
Junior Library Guild Selection
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B/T: Harcourt
P/M: Text: Writers House
Art: Harcourt
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Rights Information |
Gulliver Booksis an imprint of Harcourt Children's Books
A Division ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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