Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World
Glenn Stout, "Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World"
English | ISBN: 0618858687 | 2009 | 352 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0618858687 | 2009 | 352 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB
In 1926, before skirt lengths inched above the knee and before anyone was ready to accept that a woman could test herself physically, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. It was, and still is, a feat more incredible and uncommon than scaling Mount Everest. Upon her return to the United States, "Trudy of America" became the most famous woman in the world. And just as quickly, she disappeared from the public eye. Set against the backdrop of the roaring 1920s,
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