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Berta Benz and the Motorwagen

Price: $22.95
Hardcover with dust jacket
Page count: 48
Size: 12.3 x 9.4 x 0.5 in
High quality over size book
ISBN: 0911655387


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This entertaining story imparts the message that women have changed the course of history

Berta's story is sure to charm, entertain and educate young and old alike. In August of 1888 Berta Benz, a German housewife, and her two teenage sons changed the world. They made the first long-distance drive in a gasoline-powered automobile. They did it without fuel, supplies or the consent of Herr Benz! The trip, though plagued by problems, was a success and showed that motor transportation did indeed have a future.

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From The Tustin News
Books with women as courageous role models are not as scarce as they once were but good ones for the very young are still a little hard to come by. Berta Benz and the Motorwagen definitely falls into the story-with-a-message market.  Read More...

From The Book World
The book is for children, but many adults will find it quite appealing. It is a large-size charmingly illustrated book, written in an engagingly humorous vein.  Read More...

From Scientific American magazine
The text is lively, the events carefully authenticated and illustrated by page after page of color wash paintings of dazzling detail and evocative power.  Read More...

From Publisher's Weekly
This is a marvelous debut for a series designed to celebrate women who shaped the modern world and to inspire today's young women to take risks in nontraditional fields of study and work.  Read More...

From Road and Track magazine
Readers should not be deceived by the pastel presentation -- the story has strength and credibility that would lend itself well to animated film.  Read More...


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