America's girl : the incredible story of how swimmer Gertrude Ederle changed the nation /

America's girl : the incredible story of how swimmer Gertrude Ederle changed the nation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dahlberg, Tim.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : St. Martin's Press, c2009.
Description:	x, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Ederle, Gertrude, -- 1906-2003. Ederle, Gertrude, -- 1906-2003. Swimmers -- United States -- Biography. Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography. Swimmers. Women swimmers. United States. Biographies. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7887656

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Other authors / contributors:	Ward, Mary Ederle. Greene, Brenda.
ISBN:	9780312382650 0312382650
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-283) and index.
Summary:	An intimate look at the life and trials of Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926 not only became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, but broke the record set by men.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. "Bring on Your Old Channel"
2. Humbled but Not Beaten
3. Suited for a Swim
4. Swifter, Higher, Stronger
5. Different Time, Same Old Channel
6. A Promise from Pop
7. "Come out, Gertie." "What for?"
8. The Celluloid Web
9. Channelitis Strikes Cape Gris-Nez
10. A Hero's Welcome
11. The Next One Has to Be a Blonde
12. "Don't Weep for Me"
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index