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Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world
Title:
Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world
Author:
Stout, Glenn, 1958-
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Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
xiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary:
In 1926, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.
Language:
English
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ISBN:
9780618858682
Format :
Book