{"product_id":"spin-a-novel-based-on-a-mostly-true-story-hardcover","title":"Spin: A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Zheutlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRide away on a 'round-the-world adventure of a lifetime--with only a change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolver--in this trascendent novel inspired by the life of Annie Londonderry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.\"--Susan B. Anthony\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who was Annie Londonderry? She captured the popular imagination with her daring 'round the world trip on two wheels. It was, declared \u003ci\u003eThe New York World\u003c\/i\u003e in October of 1895, \"the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But beyond the headlines, Londonderry was really Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, a young, Jewish mother of three small children, who climbed onto a 42-pound Columbia bicycle and pedaled away into history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reportedly set in motion by a wager between two wealthy Boston merchants, the bet required Annie not only to circle the earth by bicycle in 15 months, but to earn $5,000 en route, as well. This was no mere test of a woman's physical endurance and mental fortitude; it was a test of a woman's ability to fend for herself in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Often attired in a man's riding suit, Annie turned every Victorian notion of female propriety on its head. Not only did she abandon, temporarily, her role of wife and mother (scandalous in the 1890s), she earned her way selling photographs of herself, appearing as an attraction in stores, and by turning herself into a mobile billboard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zheutlin, a descendent of Annie, brilliantly probes the inner life and seeming boundless courage of this outlandish, brash, and charismatic woman. In a time when women could not vote and few worked outside the home, Annie was a master of public relations, a consummate self-promoter, and a skillful creator of her own myth. Yet, for more than a century her remarkable story was lost to history. In \u003ci\u003eSPIN, \u003c\/i\u003ethis remarkable heroine and her marvelous, stranger-than-fiction story is vividly brought to life for a new generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Zheutlin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eRescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Lost Hope Highway;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRescued: What Second-Chance Dogs Teach Us About Living with Purpose, Loving with Abandon, and Finding Joy in the Little Things; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Went Over the Mountain: Travels With Albie--An American Journey \u003c\/i\u003e(also available from Pegasus Books), a Lowell Thomas\/Societ of American Travel Writers Award winner. Peter lives in Massachusetts with his wife, author Judy Gelman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768318329120,"sku":"9781643137520","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7fd1b6ff23e8b079c6d46255479471ae.webp?v=1780326917","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spin-a-novel-based-on-a-mostly-true-story-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}