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Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure

Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure Hardcover - 1997

by Don Brown

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  • Hardcover

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure
  • Author Don Brown
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0395701279I4N10
  • ISBN 9780395701270 / 0395701279
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.26 x 10.54 x 0.38 in (20.98 x 26.77 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 760
  • Library of Congress subjects Women, Automobile travel
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96031783
  • Dewey Decimal Code 917.304

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Summary

Don Brown introduces us to yet another little-known heroine. On June 9, 1909, twenty-two-year-old Alice Ramsey hitched up her skirts and climbed behind the wheel of a Maxwell touring car. Fifty-nine days later she rolled into San Francisco, becoming the first woman to drive across America. What happened in between is quite a tale! Through words and pictures, the author shares this story of a brave and tenacious young woman who followed her vision to conquer the open road - even when the road was nothing more than a wagon trail. Alice Ramsey's adventure offers a unique perspective on turn-of-the-century America and pays tribute to the pioneering spirit that helped create it.

From the publisher

Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him “a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies.” He lives in New York with his family.

Media reviews

"Brown describes an astonishing feat without fanfare or needless adulation . . . . [he] leaves the story spare and true, with touches of humor. . . . It's quite a story, and Brown reminds readers that it's also quite a triumph." Kirkus Reviews with Pointers

"Brown (Ruth Law Thrills a Nation) pays tribute to the first woman to drive across the United States - an uncommomly daring feat in 1909 . . Brown tells the tale in dramatic fashion, choosing entertaining details with a sure hand." School Library Journal, Starred

"Excellent pacing, splendid paintings, and a ‘will-she-make-it?’ plot add up to a Triple-A Motor Club perfection." —The Bulletin, starred review The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred

About the author

Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies. He lives in New York with his family."