America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler; Illustrated by Terry Widener
	List Price:   $7.00 Unit Price:   $5.60 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0152052518 ISBN-13:   9780152052515 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Sandpiper Category:   Sports Pub. Date:   June 2005 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback Ages:   6 to 9
Description/Notes
One woman's gritty determination to succeed 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. Trudy wore a red bathing cap and a two-piece bathing suit and goggles that she and her sister had designed. To protect her from the icy water, Margaret coated Trudy with lanolin and heavy grease. The greasing took a long time--too long for Trudy. 'For heaven's sake,' she complained. 'Let's get started.' Vibrant, full-color illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement. Full color.