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Author Mortimer, Gavin.

Title The great swim / Gavin Mortimer.

Publication Info. New York : Walker & Company : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  797.21 MORTIMER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  797.21 MORTIMER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  797.21 M84    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  920 MORTIMER    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-313) and index.
Summary Draws on primary sources, diaries, and family interviews to document the story of four American athletes who in 1926 became the first women to swim the English Channel, in an account that also cites the media frenzy that surrounded their achievement.
Subject Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography.
Long distance swimming -- English Channel.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933.
Women swimmers -- Biography.
Swimmers -- United States -- Biography.
Long distance swimming.
English Channel.
ISBN 9780802715951 alkaline paper
0802715958 alkaline paper
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