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Young Woman and the Sea - How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel

When Trudy Ederle swam across the English Channel, her moment in history was made. She became - for a short time - the most famous woman of her time. The story of Gertrude Ederle swimming across the English Channel is much more than just the 14-plus hours in the water. This book tells the fascinating tale of Gertrude Ederle and the development of women's swimming in the USA from early 1900's through Ederle's record-setting achievement of swimming across the English Channel.