Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781893103313)

The Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801, presents the dawn of the 19th century with all its brilliant advancements in transportation, communication, and technology. While the world of technology is progressing rapidly, human rights and liberty are variously being trampled or rising. The megalomaniac Napoleon is proclaiming "liberty, equality, and fraternity" to a war-weary Europe, Jefferson is contemplating the largest land purchase in the history of the world, and Toussaint L'Ouverture is fighting for liberty in Haiti. Robert Livingston, Robert Fulton, Richard Trevithick, Beethoven, Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea, and Dolley Madison are all playing their parts. In this memorable retelling, youthful readers will come to appreciate why Foster was convinced that "history is drama."

Author: Genevieve Foster
ISBN-10: 1893103315
ISBN-13: 9781893103313
Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.64w x 0.32d