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She showed her knees and swam away a winner

Annette Feels Free: The True Story of Annette Kellerman, World-Class Swimmer, Fashion Pioneer, and Real-Life Mermaid by Katie Mazeika

August 2, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When looking through the old online reader copy links I found some surprises but others, like Annette Feels Free: The True Story of Annette Kellerman, World-Class Swimmer, Fashion Pioneer, and Real-Life Mermaid was only a small surprise as I like biographies of unknown (or at least mostly unknown) people. And Kellerman is a fairly unknown name today. But that was not the case when she was a swimmer. Taking Australia by storm, a young teen took to swimming like fish takes to swimming. It did […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Annette Kellerman, Australia, fashion, Health & Daily Living, Katie Mazeika, Physical Impairments, Swimming, Water Sports, women

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:572 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: Annette Kellerman, Australia, fashion, Health & Daily Living, Katie Mazeika, Physical Impairments, Swimming, Water Sports, women ·
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