What a road trip!

The Chicago Auto Show is underway, and I wonder what the characters in Around the World in 100 Days by Gary Blackwood would think of it?  The year is 1891, and most people don't think this new idea of a car is ever going to catch on.  Harry Fogg is a young man with a steam-powered automobile.  For a variety of reasons, he bets that he can travel around the world - about 25,000 miles! - in 100 days.  He's allowed to take boats over water, but other than that, all traveling has to be done in his car. Most of the trip is taken with Johnny, a friend and incredible mechanic; Charles, the son of one of the men he bet against; and Elizabeth, a reporter who dreams of becoming famous.  If the "travel around the world" idea sounds familiar, it's because Harry is the son of fictional character Phileas Fogg, who attempted the voyage (in 80 days) in a book by Jules Verne.  Blackwood's story has adventure, humor, setbacks, danger, and suspicion of sabotage, and the bottom of each page shows which day they're on, which adds to the sense of urgency.  Will they make it in time?