The Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801, presents the dawn of the 19th century with all its brilliant advancements in transportation, communication, and technology.
In this memorable retelling, youthful readers will come to appreciate why Foster was convinced that history is drama..
Robert Livingston, Robert Fulton, Richard Trevithick, Beethoven, Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea, and Dolley Madison are all playing their parts.
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.
While the world of technology is progressing rapidly, human rights and liberty are variously being trampled or rising.
The Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801, presents the dawn of the 19th century with all its brilliant advancements in transportation, communication, and technology