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A Race Around The World
A Race Around the World
Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > General
Author:
Caroline Starr Rose
Illustrator::
Alexandra Bye
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
0807500100
ISBN 13:
9780807500101
Price:
USD 16.99
Publication Year:
2019

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

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Book Description

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.

 
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