Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Young Woman And The Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered The English Channel And Inspired The WorldISBN13:9780063305397ISBN10:0063305399Author:Stout, Glenn (Author)Description:The Exhilarating True Story Of Trudy Ederle, The First Woman To Swim The English Channel, And Inspire A Wave Of Confidence And Emancipation For Women In Sports (Parade) By Age Twenty, At The Height Of The Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle Was The Most Accomplished Swimmer In The World She'd Won Olympic Gold And Set A Host Of World Records But The Greatest Challenge Remained: The English Channel Only A Few Swimmers, None Of Them Women, Had Ever Made The Treacherous Twenty-One Mile Crossing Trudy's Failed First Attempt Seemed To Confirm What Many Naysayers Believed: No Woman Could Possibly Accomplish Such A Thing In 1926, Ederle Proved Them Wrong As Her German Immigrant Parents Cheered Her, And Her Sister And Fellow Swimmer Meg Helped Fashion Both Her Scandalous Two-Piece Swimsuit And Leak-Proof Goggles, Trudy Was Determined To Succeed England Or Drown Is My Motto, She Said, Plunging Into The Frigid Channel For Her Second Attempt At The Crossing Fourteen Hours Later, Two Hours Faster Than Any Man, And After Weathering A Gale And Waves That Approached Six-Feet, She Stepped Onto Kingsdowne Beach As The Most Famous Woman In The World Based On Years Of Archival Research That Unearthed Ederle's Memory From Obscurity, Young Woman And The Sea Brings To Life The Real Trudy Ederle, The Challenges That Came With Her Fame, And The Historic Mark Her Achievement Made For All Women Athletes Who Followed Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Mariner BooksPublication Date:2022-11-29Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:352Language:English
Price: 17.11 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2024-10-25T16:39:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Young Woman and the Sea : How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Women, Modern / 20th Century, Swimming & Diving, Sports
Genre: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Glenn Stout
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
