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America's Champion Swimmer : Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler (2000, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100152019693

ISBN-139780152019693

eBay Product ID (ePID)1166652

Product Key Features

Book TitleAmerica's Champion Swimmer : Gertrude Ederle

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation, Sports & Recreation / Water Sports, Sports

IllustratorYes, Widener, Terry

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorDavid A. Adler

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width11.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN98-054954

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsThe team behind The Babe & I and Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man here abandons the baseball field for the chilly, choppy waters of the English Channel, which Ederle swam across in 1926. The first woman to accomplish this feat, Ederle also beat, by almost two hours, the existing men's record. Widener's stylized acrylic paintings again creatively evoke a bygone era, while Adler's direct yet descriptive narrative establishes the historical context. He notes that in 1906, the year of Ederle's birth, women in most states could not vote: "Many people felt that a woman's place was in the home," writes Adler. "But Gertrude Ederle's place was in the water." Readers will warm to the heroine, a city kid who was taught how to swim only after she, at age seven, fell into a pond and nearly drowned. Text and art offer a compelling, in-depth account of the adult Ederle's crossing of the Channel, as she swam for more than 14 hours from Cape Gris-Nez, France, to Kingsdown, England, despite driving rain, strong winds, high waves, a powerful current--and her trainer's directive to quit. An exciting story, well told; kids will dive right in. Ages 6-9. (Mar.), "Captures the highlights of Ederle's life in evocative images and telling details."-- The New York Times Book Review, Kindergarten-Grade 4-This picture-book biography covers the life of Gertrude Ederle, highlighting her world-record breaking, long-distance swims. In 1926, women were thought to be the weaker sex, but this indomitable young athlete broke the men's record by two hours when she swam the English Channel. Fascinating tidbits about her 21-mile swim will entice readers: "She floated on her back and ate chicken and drank beef broth." For her victory, she was rewarded with a ticker-tape parade and a letter from President Coolidge calling her "America's Best Girl." More information about her life is appended. In the acrylic paintings, characters with large bodies and small heads, suggesting Depression-era art, are set on impressionistic backgrounds. The pictures of the swirling, rough water add fluidity and motion, and the perspectives that show the small figure of the swimmer in the vast sea capture the immensity of Ederle's endeavor. Attractive formatting and large type make this story of achievement as effective and as inspiring to read aloud as this team's Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (1997) and The Babe & I (1999, both Gulliver).Jean Gaffney, Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, OH

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToThird Grade

Dewey Decimal797.2/1/092 B

SynopsisTrudy Ederle loved to swim. And she was determined to be the best. At seventeen Trudy won three medals at the 1924 Olympics, in Paris. By the time she turned nineteen, Trudy had set twenty-nine U.S. and world records. But what she planned to do next had never been done--by a woman. She would tackle the most difficult swim of all time: the twenty-one miles of cold, choppy water that separate England from France. Trudy's historic fourteen-hour swim across the English Channel set a world record. She defied those who said it couldn't be done. And with her courage and endurance, Trudy Ederle became a symbol for women everywhere. By the award-winning team that created" Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man " Includes a historical author's note Features one of the most celebrated female athletes of the century", 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. By the time she turned nineteen, Trudy had set twenty-nine U.S. and world records. But what she planned to do next had never been done--by a woman. She would tackle the most difficult swim of all time: the twenty-one miles of cold, choppy water that separate England from France. Trudy's historic fourteen-hour swim across the English Channel set a world record. She defied those who said it couldn't be done. And with her courage and endurance, Trudy Ederle became a symbol for women everywhere. *By the award-winning team that created Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man *Includes a historical author's note *Features one of the most celebrated female athletes of the century

LC Classification NumberGV838.E34A35 2000