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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement.
Author
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky! Ledecky's life story is examined from her childhood in Maryland where she began swimming at age six, to three US Junior Championships. Learn about Ledecky's Olympic career in the London and Rio de Janeiro games throughout which she won five gold and one silver medals."--
7) Other shores
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1978]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The four-time Olympic Gold medalist and her parents trace the inspirational story of how she became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, achievements that were accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family. --Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
xiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1926, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This inspirational memoir by Olympic medalist Michael Phelps gives readers an up-close view of the swimming champion's record-breaking performance at the Beijing Games.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. In 2008, he won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing, breaking the record of most gold medals won at a single Olympics.
15) Michael Phelps
Author
Series
Publisher
LernerSports
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
16) Gold in the water: the true story of ordinary men and their extraordinary dream of Olympic glory
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Edge of Sports
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
320 pages : black and white illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic swimmer discusses his early success, his retirement to engage on a spiritual journey and his return to worldwide competition, including the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
19) Find a way
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success"--
Author
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps! Phelps's life story is examined from his childhood in Maryland where he began swimming at age eleven on his way to five world championships. Learn about Phelps's Olympic career in the Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro games throughout which he won 23 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals."--
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