Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm
Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm
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Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm

Written by Sue Macy & illustrated by Matt Collins
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40
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Feb 12, 2019
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On the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle stood in her bathing suit on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. Lyrical text, stunning illustrations and fascinating back matter put the reader right alongside Ederle in her bid to be the first woman to swim the Channel–and contextualizes her record-smashing victory as a defining moment in sports history. Time line, bibliography, source notes.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780823441891
    Publication Date
    February 12, 2019
    Publisher
    Holiday House
    Page Count
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    6 - 9 years

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