America’s Champion Swimmer

Gertrude Ederle

By David A. Adler, Terry Widener

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.
ISBN: 9780152052515
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Jun 1, 2005
List price: $14.99
No of pages: 32
Trim Size: 9.000 in (w) x 11.000 in (h) x 0.200 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation
BISAC 2: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports
BISAC 3: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women

David A. Adler

Biography

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. 

Terry Widener

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.

ISBN: 9780152052515
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Jun 1, 2005
List price: $14.99
No of pages: 32
Trim Size: 9.000 in (w) x 11.000 in (h) x 0.200 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation
BISAC 2: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports
BISAC 3: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women

David A. Adler

Biography

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. 

Terry Widener