Description: Book OverviewBest Picture Books of 2019, The Christian Science MonitorA Mighty Girl's 2019 Books of the YearKirkus Reviews' Best Indie Picture Books of 2020The true story of two women who raced against time--and each other!In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly--inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days--began a circumnavigation she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, The World. Just hours after her ship set out across the Atlantic, another New York publication put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland was headed around the world in the opposite direction, thinking she could beat Bly's time. Only one woman could win the race, but both completed their journeys in record time.
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Book Title: Race Around the World : the True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Whitman & Company, Albert
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Biography & Autobiography / Women, Earth Sciences / Geography, History / United States / General, Transportation / General
Illustrator: Yes, Bye, Alexandra
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction, Science
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Caroline Starr Rose
Item Length: 10.1 in
Item Width: 8.2 in
Book Series: She Made History Ser.
Format: Picture Book
