Trudy Swimming Against The Odds

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Trudy

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Author : Felecia Tucker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-06

Trudy written by Felecia Tucker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-06 with categories.

As a child Trudy was introduced to the world of swimming. As a young teenager she had a dream of swimming professionally, but because she is different her journey would be difficult, and would have many lessons to learn. How does she find her way? Who will be in her corner? Only determination and grit will afford Trudy to finally live her dream.

Workbook And Study Guide For Trudy Swimming Against The Odds

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Author : Felecia Tucker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-22

Workbook And Study Guide For Trudy Swimming Against The Odds written by Felecia Tucker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-22 with categories.

This workbook addresses several standards and is meant to help introduce students to asking questions before, during, and after reading the novel Trudy, Swimming Against the Odds.

Trudy S Big Swim

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Author : Sue Macy
language : en
Publisher: Holiday House
Release Date : 2017-02-28

Trudy S Big Swim written by Sue Macy and has been published by Holiday House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

On the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle stood in her bathing suit on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. Lyrical text, stunning illustrations and fascinating back matter put the reader right alongside Ederle in her bid to be the first woman to swim the Channel—and contextualizes her record-smashing victory as a defining moment in sports history. Time line, bibliography, source notes.

Young Woman And The Sea

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Author : Glenn Stout
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2009-07-28

Young Woman And The Sea written by Glenn Stout and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY STARRING DAISY RIDLEY. The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a new era for women in sports By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. But the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made the treacherous twenty-one mile crossing. Trudy’s failed first attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: No woman could possibly accomplish such a thing. In 1926, Ederle proved them wrong. As her German immigrant parents cheered her, and her sister and fellow swimmer Meg helped fashion both her scandalous two-piece swimsuit and leak-proof goggles, Trudy was determined to succeed. “England or drown is my motto,” she said, plunging into the frigid Channel for her second attempt at the crossing. Fourteen hours later, two hours faster than any man, and after weathering a gale and waves that approached six-feet, she stepped onto Kingsdowne Beach as the most famous woman in the world. Based on years of archival research that unearthed Ederle’s memory from obscurity, Young Woman and the Sea brings to life the real Trudy Ederle, the challenges that came with her fame, and the historic mark her achievement made for all women athletes who followed.

America S Champion Swimmer

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Author : David A. Adler
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2000

America S Champion Swimmer written by David A. Adler and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

One woman's gritty determination to succeed

America S Girl

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Author : Tim Dahlberg
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2009-08-04

America S Girl written by Tim Dahlberg and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.

America's Girl is an intimate look at the life and trials of Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926 not only became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, but broke the record set by men. The feat so thrilled America that it welcomed her home with a ticker tape parade that drew two million people. This fascinating portrait follows Ederle from her early days as a competitive swimmer through her gold medal triumph at the 1924 Olympics, to the first attempt the next year by Ederle to swim from France to England in frigid and turbulent waters, a feat that had been conquered by only five men up to that time. This is also a stirring look at the go-go era of the 1920s, when the country was about to recognize that women not only could vote, but compete on an international scale as athletes. At the height of Prohibition, Ederle's triumph over the formidable Channel was a triumph for women everywhere. America's Girl immerses readers in a pivotal era of American history and brings to life the spirit of that time.

Icons Of Women S Sport 2 Volumes

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Author : Kelly Boyer Sagert
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2012-02-13

Icons Of Women S Sport 2 Volumes written by Kelly Boyer Sagert and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams. Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history, challenged the status quo, influenced sport culture, and garnered wide public interest. Including stars from the past and present, ranging from Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King to Dara Torres and Venus and Serena Williams, the featured athletes are iconic not only because of their achievements in the sports arena, but also because of their contributions to society: advancing cultural diversity and gender equity, breaking class barriers, and transcending stereotypes. The book contains biographies of 36 women athletes—American and international—who excelled in competitive sports from the post-World War I era through the modern era in a dozen different sports. Icons of Women's Sport spotlights athletes across a wide range of women's sports, with appropriate attention given to the major sports. Readers will enjoy learning about stars from both amateur and professional sports arenas, including Olympic athletes, as well as female competitors who have reached the top of their game in newer arenas such as golf and snowboarding.

Joy In The Mourning

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Author : Claire Lieber
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2021-07-04

Joy In The Mourning written by Claire Lieber and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In 1971, Claire Lieber experienced a break with reality. After a high school orchestra trip to Texas, Claire began a rapid decline into sleeplessness and mania that soon degraded into psychosis. Her doctor suspected that someone had slipped her some LSD. During a hospitalization complicated by the growing drug culture, Claire spent several days before the doctor gave her anything to quell the mania. As the medication began to work, the high became a low and the awful truth began to seep in around the edges.It soon became evident that Claire was battling a serious illness, then known as manic depression. In a retelling of her personal story, Claire details the therapies, questionable medications, and nutrients that played an important role in guiding her down a challenging path through bipolar disorder to ultimately find wholeness. With candor and vulnerability, Claire reveals insight into the chain of events that unfolded after her diagnosis. She tells of the nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and friends who helped her regain stability and achieve meaning. Claire explains how her relationship with Jesus sustained her and provided her with strength as she battled the disease. Joy in the Mourning is the true story of one woman’s seven year journey through bipolar disorder as she relied on her faith, inner strength, friends and dedicated health professionals to guide her on a path to a full life.

Fighting The Current

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Author : Lisa Bier
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-09-07

Fighting The Current written by Lisa Bier and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.

In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim the English Channel--and broke the existing record time in doing so. Although today she is considered a pioneer in women's swimming, women were swimming competitively 50 years earlier. This historical book details the early period of women's competitive swimming in the United States, from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through Ederle's astonishing accomplishment. Women and girls faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including restrictive beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe and clean water, bathing suits that impeded movement and became heavy in water, and opposition from official sporting organizations. The stories of these early swimmers plainly show how far female athletes have come.

Dying In A Strange Land

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Author : Milton Murayama
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2008-05-19

Dying In A Strange Land written by Milton Murayama and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-19 with Fiction categories.

Milton Murayama’s long-awaited Dying in a Strange Land brings to a close the saga of the Oyama family. Familiar faces from All I Asking For Is My Body, Five Years on a Rock, and Plantation Boy return to advance the story from the years immediately following World War II to the 1980s. After her husband sinks them deep in debt, strong-willed and pragmatic Sawa takes charge of the family. The war ends and her children leave the plantation camp for Honolulu and the Mainland, but Sawa has little time for loneliness or regret. When asked by her neighbors if she misses them, she replies, "They must look for what they want." However, Tosh, the eldest—who has long been saddled with the burden of his family’s failures in addition to his own—is wise to his mother’s "sob stories": "She going hold you to your samurai’s word," he warns his brothers. Even after he becomes an architect, Tosh is quick to blame his problems on "oya-koh-koh" (filial piety). Living on the East Coast and unable to make ends meet as a writer, Kiyo, the third son, takes any job that doesn’t leave him too word-weary or emotionally exhausted to write in his spare time. Chronic fatigue turns him into a minimalist. At 52 he finally finds acclaim when he publishes a novel about issei and nisei in rural Hawai‘i. Not much is expected of Miwa, the fifth child and second daughter. Pregnant at sixteen and forced to leave school, she is rejected by her family and bullied by her in-laws until she finds work as a maid at one of the new hotels in West Maui. A surprise promotion brings Miwa self-esteem and a good income—and respect from her relatives. Just as each generation of the Oyama family struggles to find a way to survive the diaspora from Japan to Hawaii and beyond, so must Sawa, Tosh, Kiyo, and Miwa deal individually with the collision between Japanese and American values, between duty to family and personal freedom.