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Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race Around the World
Kate Hannigan
Illustrator: Rebecca Gibbon
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Calkins Creek/ Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-68437-377-2
Keywords: historical travel, late 19th century America, adventure
Two late 19th-century female reporters sped around the globe, each determined to complete the journey first. Acrylic inks and colored pencil illustrations. Back matter.