Spin, A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story

Ride away on a 'round-the-world adventure of a lifetimewith only a change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolverin this trascendent novel inspired by the life of Annie Londonderry."Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world."Susan B. Anthony Just who was Annie Londonderry? She captured the popular imagination with her daring "round the world" trip around the world on two wheels. It was, declared The New York World in October of 1895, "the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman." 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. 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...