Bertha Takes a Drive math Belle flies nonstop for two

Belle flies nonstop for two days over the open Atlantic before resting on a cargo ship

—Julia della Croce

co-editor of The Papers of Jane Addams

they choose to hide

ISBN: 978-1-62354-129-3

Bertha Takes a Drive math Belle flies nonstop for twoBertha Takes a Drive How the Benz Automobile Changed the World Written and illustrated by: Jan Adkins A joyride across Germany in the world's first automobile 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