Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World

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Overview

In 1926, before skirt lengths inched above the knee and before anyone was ready to accept that a woman could test herself physically, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. It was, and still is, a feat more incredible and uncommon than scaling Mount Everest. Upon her return to the United States, "Trudy of America" became the most famous woman in the world. And just as quickly, she disappeared from the public eye.

 

Set against the backdrop of the roaring 1920s, Young Woman and the Sea is the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle’s pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid. The moment Trudy set foot on land, triumphant, she had shattered centuries of stereotypes and opened doors for generations of women to come. A truly magnetic and often misunderstood character whose story is largely forgotten, Trudy Ederle comes alive in these pages through Glenn Stout’s exhaustive new research.

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In 1926, 18-year-old Trudy Ederle fascinated and inspired millions around the world when she became the first woman successfully to swim the English Channel. With great storytelling, sportswriter Stout (series editor of The Best American Sports Writing) chronicles Ederle's singular accomplishment and its significance for the future of women in sports as well as the tremendous challenges for any swimmer who would dare traverse the waves of the channel. At age five, Ederle (1908-2003) suffered permanent hearing loss, which made her reticent and shy; at age 10 her father taught her to swim. The ocean opened to her like another world, and she loved the feeling of floating and swimming in its vastness. After lessons at the Women's Swimming Association, Ederle developed her gift and emerged as one of America's fastest swimmers, earning a spot in the 1924 Olympics. Disappointed by winning only a bronze medal, she quickly turned to the challenge of swimming the English Channel-difficult due to its strong tides, winds and currents-and after an initial failure, Ederle conquered the channel on August 6, 1926. Stout's moving book recovers the exhilarating story of a young girl who found her true self out in the water and paved the way for women in sports today. (July)

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Trudy Ederle, who died in 2003 at age 98, was the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1926. For several years, her fame had been uproarious, her achievement thought earth-shattering. She enjoyed New York's biggest ticker tape parade, had her own swimsuit line, and had Americans rethinking women's athletic capabilities. After a semisuccessful vaudeville tour, her career declined; she turned to giving children swimming lessons and, later, selling dresses in a shop. Although the shy and hard-of-hearing Ederle failed to cash in on her fame, she felt satisfied with her career and resented those who deemed her ultimate anonymity a tragedy. These two biographies help readers understand the age of "ballyhoo" and "wonderful nonsense," as Stout cites sportswriter Westbrook Pegler referring to the Twenties. Sportswriter Dahlberg (Fight Town: Las Vegas-the Boxing Capital of the World) had access to Ederle's diary and unpublished memoir, but both writers were able to re-create vividly the dramatic events, largely from published reporting and interviews. The writers emphasize different aspects of the story: Dahlberg discusses topics like the revolution in women's swimsuits and the German American community and devotes nearly half his book to Ederle's post-swim life and career. Stout, who has edited The Best American Sports Writing annually, delves into the history of U.S. swimming, how geology shaped the fearsome tides and currents in the channel, and Ederle's failed first attempt. Still, they both employ the same approach: a popular social history that brings to life a woman, her era, and her remarkable feat. Both books make for very entertaining reading, with Stout's given aslight edge for more picturesque writing. Although neither book uses rigorous scholarly footnoting, either is recommended for all scholarly as well as public libraries. (Dahlberg photos not seen.)
—Kathy Ruffle

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780618858682
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 7/28/2009
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 565,209
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.10 (d)

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Glenn Stout
Glenn Stout

GLENN STOUT is the author of Young Woman and the Sea, Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Dodgers, and The Cubs. He has been the editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception.

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  • Posted May 18, 2010

    A kick to read at the beach, but not just there: a great read anywhere!

    This book is a gem. Having little love for sports writing and no interest in swimming, I thought this book was kind of a dud gift when I opened it. Boy, was I wrong! It's many different stories which each shine light on the other: the story of pursuing a dream, the story of the evolution of a sport, the story of living with a handicap, the stories of people who made history, the story of a girl in a man's world, and the story of the cultural and technological sea-changes abounding in the early twentieth century. Each story pulls you in and draws you along.
    From the opening pages of the prologue to the final words of the last chapter, Glenn Stout writes with drama and insight, and he leaves you with a tale well-told and no doubt that this is a tale worth telling.
    This is a book with heart. I'm so glad I picked it up, I so enjoyed reading it, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 9, 2010

    Best by far on the subject

    This book is about my grandmother's sister Trudy, my grandmother Margaret, and my family so I have heard a lot about this subject all of my life. But, this book goes way beyond just the story of my Aunt Trudy and outlines the whole evolution of swimming, women's swimming, and English Channel swimming. It turns a little known historical event into a great story even for someone that knows the ending

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