Need food? Water? Land? A place to live? Survival depends upon motion. For thousands of years people have invented ways to move faster, farther, and more comfortably. Their inventions -- shoes, skis, the rudder, the wheel, engines, rockets--had an enormous impact on how and where human beings lived and thrived. With lively prose and super-cool photos, HP Newquist takes readers on a journey through transportation history. He makes stops along the way to raise and answer interesting questions such as: Why were the Vikings such successful sailors? (Think "keel.") Or what did horse-and-carriage gridlock bring about? (Hint: "The Tube.") Or what newfangled invention meant a big change for women in terms of freedom and fashion? (We're talking two wheels...) Or when will your next book order arrive by drone? (Sooner than you might think!)
- ISBN10 045147645X
- ISBN13 9780451476456
- Publish Date 12 September 2017
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 29 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Viking Books for Young Readers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451476456