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Author Adkins, Jan, 1944- author, illustrator.

Title Bertha takes a drive : how the Benz automobile changed the world / [author and illustrator] Jan Adkins.

Publication Info. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J629.222 ADKINS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J TRUE STORIES 796.7094 ADKINS    DUE 05-16-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 629.222 BENZ    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J629.2 ADKINS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Children's Department  JB-BENZ, B.    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Summary It s 1888 and Bertha Benz s husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen. But the German government declares the vehicle illegal, and the church calls it the devil s work. Unbeknownst to her husband, Bertha steals away with her two sons and drives nearly one hundred miles to prove just how amazing the motorwagen is. Bertha s mechanical savvy gets the boys to Grandma s house safely, and the remarkable mother/son road trip reduces global concern about moving vehicles.
Subject Automobile travel -- Germany -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Benz, Bertha, 1849-1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Automobiles -- Germany -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Mercedes automobiles -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Benz, Bertha, 1849-1944. (OCoLC)fst00248579
Automobile travel. (OCoLC)fst00823217
Automobiles. (OCoLC)fst00823232
Mercedes automobiles. (OCoLC)fst01016907
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Picture books.
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9781580896962 (reinforced for library use : hardcover)
1580896960 (reinforced for library use : hardcover)
1580896979
9781580896979
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