bRide away on a 'round-the-world adventure of a lifetime--with only a change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolver--in this trascendent novel inspired by the life of Annie Londonderry.b piBicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.--Susan B. Anthonyi p Who was Annie Londonderry She captured the popular imagination with her daring 'round the world trip on two wheels. It was, declared iThe New York Worldi in October of 1895, the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman. p 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. p 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 mere test of a woman's physical endurance and mental fortitude it was a test o