The Resource The great swim, Gavin Mortimer
The great swim, Gavin Mortimer
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The item The great swim, Gavin Mortimer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802715951
- Label
- The great swim
- Title
- The great swim
- Statement of responsibility
- Gavin Mortimer
- Subject
-
- trueEndurance sports
- English Channel
- trueEnglish Channel -- History -- 1919-1933
- trueExtreme sports
- Long distance swimming -- English Channel
- Marathon swimming
- trueMarathon swimming
- trueMarathon swimming -- English Channel
- trueSwimmers
- Swimmers -- United States
- Swimmers -- United States -- Biography
- Swimmers -- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- History -- 1919-1933
- trueWomen swimmers
- Women swimmers -- Biography
- Women swimmers -- United States
- Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2009
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 250210
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mortimer, Gavin
- Dewey number
-
- 797.210922
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV837.9
- LC item number
- .M67 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Women swimmers
- Long distance swimming
- Women swimmers
- Swimmers
- Marathon swimming
- United States
- English Channel
- Label
- The great swim, Gavin Mortimer
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-313) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 662836
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802715951
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008000256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780802715951
- (OCoLC)166378101
- Label
- The great swim, Gavin Mortimer
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-313) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 662836
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802715951
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008000256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780802715951
- (OCoLC)166378101
Subject
- trueEndurance sports
- English Channel
- trueEnglish Channel -- History -- 1919-1933
- trueExtreme sports
- Long distance swimming -- English Channel
- Marathon swimming
- trueMarathon swimming
- trueMarathon swimming -- English Channel
- trueSwimmers
- Swimmers -- United States
- Swimmers -- United States -- Biography
- Swimmers -- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- History -- 1919-1933
- trueWomen swimmers
- Women swimmers -- Biography
- Women swimmers -- United States
- Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography
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