Alice Across America: The Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Road Trip

by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Book Overview

Writer Sarah Glenn Marsh and illustrator Gilbert Ford's Alice Across America is a nonfiction picture book account of maverick Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909.

When Alice Ramsey was little, she loved to ride horses. As she grew up, more people were driving cars. From the moment Alice slid behind the wheel, she was crazy about cars. So when the Maxwell-Briscoe Company challenged her to drive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250297028
• ISBN13: 9781250297020
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4