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008    081104s2009    nyua     b    001 0beng   
010      2008046034 
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035    (Sirsi) i9780312382650 
035    (OCoLC)269455470|z(OCoLC)429889284 
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050 00 GV838.E34|bD34 2009 
082 14 797.2/1092|aB|222 
100 1  Dahlberg, Tim. 
245 10 America's girl :|bthe incredible story of how swimmer 
       Gertrude Ederle changed the nation /|cTim Dahlberg with 
       Mary Ederle Ward and Brenda Greene. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2009. 
300    x, 294 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-283) and 
       index. 
505 00 |t"Bring on your old channel" --|tHumbled but not beaten -
       -|tSuited for a swim --|tSwifter, higher, stronger --
       |tDifferent time, same old channel --|tA promise from Pop 
       --|t"Come out, Gertie." "What for?" --|tThe celluloid web 
       --|tChannelitis strikes Cape Gris-Nez --|tA hero's welcome
       --|tThe nest one has to be a blonde --|t"Don't weep for 
       me." 
520    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. 
592    WNDSR This book is the gift of Susan Herriford in memory 
       of Margaret "Peg" Yuskavitch. 
600 10 Ederle, Gertrude,|d1906-2003. 
650  0 Swimmers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Women swimmers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
700 1  Ward, Mary Ederle. 
700 1  Greene, Brenda M.,|d1950- 
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