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Place On Hold

The great swim / Gavin Mortimer.

Author: Mortimer, Gavin.

Edition: 1st U.S. ed.

Publisher: New York : Walker & Company : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.

ISBN: 9780802715951 (alk. paper)
0802715958 (alk. paper)

Description: 325 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Subject(s): Women swimmers United States Biography.
Long distance swimming English Channel.
Women swimmers Biography. sears
Swimmers United States Biography. sears
Marathon swimming. sears
United States History 1919-1933.
English Channel. sears

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.

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HWLC 1st Floor Adult GV837.9.M67 2008 Hardcover Not Checked Out 08/06/2009
HWLC 6th Floor Adult GV837.9 .M67 2008 Hardcover Not Checked Out 03/09/2009
HWLC 6th Floor Adult GV837.9.M67 2008 Hardcover Not Checked Out 03/15/2008
HWLC 6th Floor Adult GV837.9 .M67 2008 Hardcover Not Checked Out 09/05/2008