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A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland - Hardcover | Diverse Reads

A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

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Best Picture Books of 2019, The Christian Science Monitor
A Mighty Girl's 2019 Books of the Year
Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Picture Books of 2020

The 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.

ISBN-13: 9780807500101

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Whitman - Albert & Company

Publication Date: 10-01-2019

Pages: 32

Product Dimensions: 8.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)

Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

Series: She Made History

Caroline Starr Rose is an award-winning middle grade and picture book author whose books have been ALA-ALSC Notable, Junior Library Guild, ABA New Voices, Kids’ Indie Next, Amazon’s Best Books of the Month for Kids, and Bank Street College of Education Best Books selections. In addition, her books have been nominated for almost two dozen state award lists. She lives with her husband and two sons in New Mexico. Alexandra Bye graduated from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. She lives in New Hampshire, where she enjoys mountain biking, Nordic ski racing and hiking in the White Mountains with her dogs.