America's Girl: The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312382650 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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- American Way Magazine Drawing on Ederle's extensive archive of more than 1,500 newspaper and magazine clippings, an unfinished memoir, and other background material, America's Girl is the remarkable, captivating story of a woman who set almost impossible goals and accomplished most of them. There was little overt drama or controversy in Ederle's life before or after her fame peaked, but the authors make up for that by providing a vivid sense of the Roaring Twenties and the media storm that accompanied the Channel crossing. Today a comparable accomplishment would generate a life
"Swimmer's Year" according to Fred Sternburg. I bought this book expecting to read about Gertrude Ederle, who I vaguely remembered as being the woman who swam the English Channel. And it delivers, telling her life story in great detail and bringing her to life as a woman who pushed all obstacles out of her way to do what no woman had ever done _ and beat the men while doing it. The bonus of this book, though, is that it also tells the story of the times when Americans thought a. "An entertaining and enlightening book" according to The Reviewer Formerly Known as Kurt Johnson. In 1926 German-American Gertrude Ederle won the spotlight for women when she did what some said that no woman would ever do - swim across the English Channel. This lively book looks at Ms. Ederle, her life and her times, focusing primarily on her 1926 swim.This book is part of a fairly common modern genre - books that take a subject, large or small, and while discussing that subject use it as a springboard to talk about a wide range. "An American Hero" according to Barbara De Pesa. I have always known the name Gertrude Ederle and that she was the first woman to swim the channel. This book gave me great insight into the life of Gertrude Ederle and the challenges faced when trying to accomplish the extraordinary. Additionally,this book transposed me to an era where sportsmanship and determination were more important than winning. The book did a great job detailing her life and the challenges she faced. I felt li
America's Girl is 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. The feat so thrilled America that it welcomed her home with a ticker tape parade that drew two million people. Winner of the 2010 International Swimming Hall of Fame Buck Dawson Authors Award.. America's Girl immerses readers in a pivitol era of American history and brings to life the spirit of that time. This is also a stirring look at the go-go era of the 1920s, when the country was about to recognize that women not only could vote, but compete on an international scale as athletes. At the height of Prohibition, Ederle's triumph over the formidable Channel was a triumph for women everywhere. T