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The great swim /

Title
The great swim / Gavin Mortimer.
Author
Mortimer, Gavin.
Publication
New York : Walker & Company : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
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Description
325 p. : ill., map; 22 cm.
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
  • Long distance swimming > English Channel
  • United States > History > 1919-1933
  • Women swimmers > United States > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-313) and index.
ISBN
  • 9780802715951 (alk. paper)
  • 0802715958 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2008000256
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library