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Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era

by David L. Bristow Author

(From Amazon): For more than a century before airplanes, people explored the sky in balloons. From 1783 to the early 1900s, aeronauts flew into storms, crossed large bodies of water, sailed over enemy armies, and soared to deadly altitudes. Illustrated in full color with dramatuc period artwork, here are the stories of the pioneers of human flight, such as daredevil Sophie Blanchard from Napoleon's France, and Solmon Andree, who lead an aerial assault on the North Pole in 1897.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
9780374370145
Print Status
In Print
chapters
10
Pages
144
Suggested Grades
2nd - 12th
Geographical Setting
Europe and United States
Historical Setting
1783 - 1920
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Edition
1
Copyright
2010

chapters

  • 1 The Black Moon
  • 2 Queen of the Night
  • 3 Splashdown on Lake Erie
  • 4 The Children Are Gone
  • 5 THe Long Voyage
  • 6 To The Top of the Sky
  • 7 The Siege of Paris
  • 8 The North Pole Balloon
  • 9 Parachute Girl
  • 10 Notes

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