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Author Macy, Sue. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92081299

Title Trudy's big swim : how Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel and took the world by storm / by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Matt Collins

Publication Info. New York : Holiday House, [2017]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Lakeside Biography  092 EDE    ---  Available
Edition First edition
Description 36 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "The artwork was created with Prismacolor pencils, Denril vellum, Painter 12 and Adobe Photoshop"--Colophon
Marantz copy has the original dust jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-35)
Summary Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record
Study Program Accelerated Reader LG 5.9 0.5
Binding Marantz copy has the original paper covered boards with an illustration that wraps-around from front to back cover. Illustrated endpapers
Subject Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003 -- Juvenile literature
Swimmers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genre/Form Childrens books
Picture books. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2016026096
Biographies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049
Paper case bindings.
Illustrated case bindings.
Illustrated endpapers.
Book jackets.
Added Author Collins, Matt, illustrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004030759
ISBN 9780823436651 (hardcover)
0823436659 (hardcover)

 
    
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