The Great Race: The Amazing Round-the-World Auto Race of 1908

Long before the Amazing Race television show there was the Great Race—a thrilling true story that will grab readers from the start to the finish line.In February of 1908, six cars from four countries gathered in Times Square for the pistol shot that began the first around-the-world automobile race. Gas-powered cars hadn’t been round very long, and roads were nonexistent as this group of hardy pioneers set out to drive from New York to Paris, hopi...

By Gary Blackwood
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 1130L
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers; Library Binding edition (May 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780810994898
ISBN-13: 978-0810994898
ASIN: 0810994895
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1289992
Format: PDF Text TXT book

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Book marketed as hard cover. This is actually a small paperback. False marketing. Very disappointed.

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