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Adkins, Jan

Bertha Takes a Drive: How the Benz Automobile Changed the World

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-696-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-60734-754-5
(3) K-3 Adkins envisions Bertha Benz's historic drive of her husband's Benz Motorwagen III in 1888. Defying German law against motor vehicles, "businesswoman, mechanic, inventor, and revolutionary" Benz overcame multiple obstacles to complete the sixty-mile journey with her two sons. Depicted in rich digital illustrations, this woman's story should inspire both girls and boys to strive for success against difficult odds. Mechanical drawings are appended. Timeline.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

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