Darlene Beck Jacobson presents: Wheels of change

By Darlene Beck Jacobson

Subjects: Family life, fiction, Carriages and carts, Sex role, Fiction, Children's fiction, Washington (d.c.), fiction, Baking, Baking, fiction, History, Sex role, fiction, Social change, Family life

Description: Twelve-year-old Emily Soper avoids her mother's efforts to make her more ladylike by watching her father and his workers build fine carriages in Washington, D.C., but 1908 is a turbulent time and her father's livelihood is threatened by racist neighbors and the growing popularity of automobiles. Includes historical note and recipes.