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Alice across America : the story of the first women's cross-country road trip  Cover Image Book Book

Alice across America : the story of the first women's cross-country road trip / Sarah Glenn Marsh ; illustrated by Gilbert Ford.

Marsh, Sarah Glenn, (author.). Ford, Gilbert, (illustrator.).

Summary:

From the moment Alice Ramsey slide behind a steering wheel, she was crazy about cars. So, in 1909, when the Maxwell-Briscoe Company challenged her to drive one of their new cars across the country as a promotional ploy to prove that even a lady could do it, Alice daringly accepted. This brazen driver and her three friends endured many hardships over the course of a remarkable two-month journey, far surpassing all expectations.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250297020
  • ISBN: 1250297028
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Christy Ottaviano Books."
Color maps on endpapers
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 5-9.
Subject: Ramsey, Alice > Travel > United States > Juvenile literature.
Women automobile drivers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Automobile travel > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Overland journeys to the Pacific > Juvenile literature.
Sex role > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Creative nonfiction.
Biographies.
Informational works.
Picture books.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Milton.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Milton Public Library E 917.3 MAR (Text) 33226000927014 MLTM Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -


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