This map shows the approximate route Trudy Ederle took when she successfully swam the English Channel.
Eighty three years ago today Trudy Ederle (aka Gertrude Ederle) stepped into the English Channel at Cape Gris Nez on the French coastline. Fourteen and a half hours later, despite a gale, she reached England, swimming the English Channel in only 14H 31M, becoming the first woman to swim the Channel and beating the men’s record by nearly two hours.
Today I’m pleased to announce that my biography of Ederle, Young Woman and the Sea, has been chosen as an “Indie Next List Notable” book for September. Nominated by staffers at Independent bookstores around the country, it is more difficult to make this list than to make a best seller list and ensures the book will be highlighted in independent bookstores all around the country.
But not as difficult as swimming the English Channel.
Today I’m pleased to announce that my biography of Ederle, Young Woman and the Sea, has been chosen as an “Indie Next List Notable” book for September. Nominated by staffers at Independent bookstores around the country, it is more difficult to make this list than to make a best seller list and ensures the book will be highlighted in independent bookstores all around the country.
But not as difficult as swimming the English Channel.
You may read an excerpt from the Prologue here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18105682/Free-Preview-Young-Woman-and-the-Sea-How-Trudy-Ederle-Conquered-the-English-Channel-and-Inspired-the-World-by-Glenn-Stout
or here:
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/hmh-ems/Young_Woman_and_the_Sea_Prologue.pdf
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