America's Champion Swimmer
Gertrude Ederle
Published on 1. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-15-205251-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: Preschool, Interest Age: From 4 to 7 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 89 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
165 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-15-205251-5 (9780152052515)
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Persons
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.