Young woman and the sea : how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world
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New York : Mariner Books, 2022.
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Published
New York : Mariner Books, 2022.
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xi, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English

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Includes afterword by the author ©2022.
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Originally published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2009.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index.
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"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..."--,Back cover.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Stout, G. (2022). Young woman and the sea: how Trudy Ederle conquered the English Channel and inspired the world (First Mariner Books paperback edition.). Mariner Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stout, Glenn, 1958-. 2022. Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World. Mariner Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stout, Glenn, 1958-. Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World Mariner Books, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Stout, Glenn. Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World First Mariner Books paperback edition., Mariner Books, 2022.

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