A Race Around the World |
Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > General
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Author:
Caroline Starr Rose
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Illustrator::
Alexandra Bye
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 10:
0807500100
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ISBN 13:
9780807500101
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Price:
USD 16.99
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Publication Year:
2019
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Publisher Info
John Quattrocchi,
Albert Whitman & Company,250 S. Northwest Highway,
Park Ridge ,
Illinois - 60068,USA
Web: www.albertwhitman.com Key Contact Information
Patrick McPartland
Vice President
John Quattrocchi
President
In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly--inspired by Jules Verne's book Around the World in 80 Days--began an around-the-world journey that she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by the newspaper that employed her, The World. Just hours after her ship set out across the Atlantic, the publisher of another New York publication, The Cosmopolitan magazine, put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland was headed around the world in the opposite direction, thinking that she could beat Bly's time. Only one woman could win the race, but both Bly and Bisland completed their journeys in record time and experienced unforgettable adventures.