Spin
A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2021
Summary
Ride away on a ‘round-the-world adventure of a lifetime—with only a change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolver—in this transcendent novel inspired by the life of Annie Londonderry.
Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.—Susan B. Anthony
Who was Annie Londonderry? She captured the popular imagination with her daring ‘round the world trip on two wheels. It was, declared The New York World in October of 1895, “the most e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643137520 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1643137522 |
| Author: | Peter Zheutlin |
| Publisher: | Pegasus Books |
| Imprint: | Pegasus Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 447g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“An icon at the dawn of women’s cycling, Annie Londonderry was part athlete, part adventurer, and part scoundrel. In Spin, Peter Zheutlin takes inspiration from her real-life story to present a rollicking account of her bicycle trip around the world and explore the personal costs of forging ahead as an ambitious New Woman in the 1890s.” – Sue Macy, author of Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
“From the travails of pedaling a 42-pound bicycle over shoddy roads to the adjustments Annie made to her riding costume and her enterprising approach toward financing her journey, Spin gives an account of Annie’s travels fizzing with admiration for her moxie. Zheutlin, one of Annie’s descendants, adeptly handles her propensity to make up stories to drum up publicity, creating an adventure that grapples with a remarkable woman’s secrets and shortcomings.” * Booklist *
“SPIN is a thrilling story that will keep the reader breathless until the end. This mostly true story begins with a bored housewife and mother in the 1890’s who takes a wager to circle the world on a bicycle. The reader gets to ride along with Annie as she meets the most famous people of the day and finds love and adventure in every long mile. This tale will stay with you long after Annie’s last ride.” * The Southern Bookseller Review *
“The sheer chutzpah of a woman in the 1890s setting off on her own to travel the world with only her bicycle and a small trunk made Spin a wonderful book.” * The Reporter *
Peter Zheutlin
Peter Zheutlin is the author of the New York Times bestseller Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Lost Hope Highway; Rescued: What Second-Chance Dogs Teach Us About Living with Purpose, Loving with Abandon, and Finding Joy in the Little Things; and The Dog Went Over the Mountain: Travels With Albie—An American Journey, a Lowell Thomas/Societ of American Travel Writers Award winner. Peter lives in Massachusetts with his wife, author Judy Gelman.
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