Project Gutenberg 2010-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 68 Crane, Laura Dent The Automobile Girls at Chicago; Or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Automobile Girls at Chicago; Or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds" by Laura Dent Crane is a fictional tale written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a group of adventurous young women, known as the 'Automobile Girls,' who embark on a trip to Chicago, facing various challenges and mysteries along the way. The novel suggests themes of friendship, bravery, and the spirit of adventure that resonate with the era's fascination with automobiles and modern travel. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Barbara and Mollie Thurston, who, during their train journey, overhear a tense conversation between two men that hints at a brewing financial conflict. Following a train accident that leaves them in a precarious situation, they are determined to find their friend, Grace Carter, who is unconscious from the incident. As the girls tackle the aftermath of the wreck and uncover further mysteries, including the identity of one of the men from the train, the seeds are sown for a thrilling adventure intertwined with elements of danger and excitement as they navigate their new surroundings in Chicago. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32437/32437-h/images/cover.jpg en Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Vacations -- Juvenile fiction Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Societies and clubs -- Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories Automobile travel -- Juvenile fiction Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 294066 293949 2024-10-13T15:38:51.285451 2023-09-14T08:19:57.658840 text/html text/html 296234 2010-05-19T14:23:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 612474 2010-05-19T14:26:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 631158 2024-10-13T15:38:59.462390 application/epub+zip 632110 2024-10-13T15:38:53.382478 application/epub+zip 181990 2024-10-13T15:38:51.768523 application/epub+zip 1145691 2024-10-13T15:39:03.350422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1106373 2024-10-13T15:38:57.714444 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256505 2022-09-15T04:41:47.632826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258735 258643 2024-10-13T15:38:50.233486 2023-09-14T08:19:56.937824 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 258414 2010-05-19T14:21:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 96612 2010-05-19T14:21:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 258421 2010-05-19T14:21:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96608 2010-05-19T14:21:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22426 2024-10-13T15:39:03.495389 application/rdf+xml 33921 2024-10-13T15:38:51.855421 image/jpeg 4684 2024-10-13T15:38:51.811434 image/jpeg 610196 2024-10-13T15:38:51.334471 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog