Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-country Automobile Trip - Tapa dura

Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth

 
9780822578857: Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-country Automobile Trip
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ISBN 10: 0822578859 ISBN 13: 9780822578857
Editorial: Millbrook Pr, 2009

Sinopsis

Dr. Horatio Jackson wasn’t necessarily a betting man. But in 1903, he overheard a stranger saying that it was just not possible to drive across the United States in one of those unreliable, newfangled automobiles. Jackson disagreed - he believed in the future of the automobile. So he made a $50 bet with the man that he could drive a car from San Francisco to New York. Jackson bought a used Winton automobile, hired a mechanic named Crocker, packed some supplies, and adopted Bud, a bulldog who became their mascot. The trio’s only goal was to make it from San Francisco all the way to New York City in one piece. Yet 5,600 miles and 63 1/2 days later, what they actually did was make history. This true story is based on Jackson’s own account of the first automobile trip across the United States.

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Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride Book Trailer: Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

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Reseña del editor

Describes the first transcontinental automobile trip across the United States in which a Vermont doctor, his mechanic, and a dog traveled from San Francisco to New York, in a landscape that had few paved roads, no gas stations, and no repair shops.

Biografía del autor

Born in Wisconsin, Liz moved to California to attend college. She majored in children's theater and elementary education. After graduation she taught elementary and middle school and directed children's plays through a children's theater group. Liz taught teachers through CSU Hayward's East Bay Extension for ten years, as well as CUSC Extension. She presents assemblies and classroom workshops to all ages. Liz is chair of the California Writers Club Young Writers Contest, Mt. Diablo Branch, a county-wide contest and workshop program for middle school students.

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Editorial
Millbrook Pr
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0822578859
ISBN 13 
9780822578857
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Ilustrador
Hargis Wes
Número de páginas
32
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