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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated history of balloonists who flew into storms and over large bodies of water in hot air balloons from 1783 to the 1900s, and describes how aeronauts were used for military means, such as the aerial assault on the North Pole in1897 led by Salomon Andree.
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A riveting middle-grade biography about Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to work as a professional aeronaut in France in the late 1700s, set against the thrilling backdrop of early flight. Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. While no one knows the fate of Earhart, a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as French aeronaut Sophie Blanchard met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Back in 1782, in Annonay, France, lived Joseph Montgolfier, a dreamer and an inventor who was curious about how everything worked. When one day a gust of wind blew his papers into the fireplace, he noticed that something lifted the pages into the air--and he realized that heat could make things rise. With the help of his brother Étienne, he began to experiment ... and created the world's first flying machine, sparking the birth of flight. This beautifully...
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