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Mermaid Queen : the spectacular true story of Annette Kellerman, who swam her way to fame, fortune, & swimsuit history!

Title
  1. Mermaid Queen : the spectacular true story of Annette Kellerman, who swam her way to fame, fortune, & swimsuit history! / by Shana Corey ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.
Published by
  1. New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Author
  1. Corey, Shana.

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Additional authors
  1. Fotheringham, Ed
Description
  1. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 32 cm.
Summary
  1. As a child growing up in Australia, Annette Kellerman was a frail ugly duckling who dreamed of becoming a graceful ballerina. With courage and determination, she confronted a crippling illness to become an internationally known record-setting athlete who revolutionized the sport of swimming for women, a movie star who invented water ballet, and a fashion revolutionary who modernized the swimsuit.
Subject
  1. Women swimmers > Australia > Biography
  2. Kellermann, Annette, 1886-1975
  3. Women social reformers > Great Britain > Biography
  4. Swimmers > Australia > Biography
Awards (note)
  1. A Junior Library Guild selection.
Author
  1. Corey, Shana.
Title
  1. Mermaid Queen : the spectacular true story of Annette Kellerman, who swam her way to fame, fortune, & swimsuit history! / by Shana Corey ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.
Imprint
  1. New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Awards
  1. A Junior Library Guild selection.
Added author
  1. Fotheringham, Ed, ill.
LCCN
  1. 2007052664
ISBN
  1. 0439698359 (hardcover)
  2. 9780439698351 (hardcover)
Branch call number
  1. J B Kellerman C
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