Trudy's big swim : how Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel and took the world by storm /
Macy, Sue,
Trudy's big swim : how Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel and took the world by storm / by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Matt Collins. - First edition. - 36 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-35).
Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record.
9780823436651 0823436659
2016003168
Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003 --Juvenile literature.
Swimmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women swimmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Trudy's big swim : how Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel and took the world by storm / by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Matt Collins. - First edition. - 36 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-35).
Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record.
9780823436651 0823436659
2016003168
Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003 --Juvenile literature.
Swimmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women swimmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.