Great Swim

Description:

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.

subjects: Women swimmers,  Long distance swimming,  Biography,  History,  Swimmers,  Marathon swimming

Places: United States,  English Channel

Times: 1919-1933