The sky sailors: true stories of the balloon era 🔍
Bristow, David (David L.) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1st ed., New York, New York State, 2010
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描述
This volume traces the evolution of the balloon era, from 1783-1912, and examines the exploits of the men and women who flew in them, parachuted from them, and sometimes died in them.
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. --from publisher description
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SKY SAILORS: THE TRUE STORIES OF THE BALLOON ERA
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David L. Bristow
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux
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North Point Press
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Hill & Wang
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Macmillan
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United States, United States of America
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First edition, New York, 2010
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1, US, 2010
元数据中的注释
Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-134.
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134 p. : 24 cm
Provides 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 in 1897 led by Salomon Andree
Illustrated in period artwork, this book tells the stories of the pioneers of human flight, such as daredevil Sophie Blanchard from Napoleon's France and Salomon Andrée, who led an aerial assault on the North Pole in 1897
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-134)
Accelerated Reader MG 6.0 4
School Library Journal, November 2010; Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, November 2010; Booklist, September 2010; Horn Book, January 2011; Kirkus Review, September 2010; Library Media Connection, January 2011
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Introduction
The black moon : the first balloon flights (France, 1783)
Queen of the night sky : Sophie and Jean-Pierre Blanchard (France, 1784-1819)
Splashdown in Lake Erie : John Steiner (United States, 1857)
The children are gone! : Martha and David Harvey (United States, 1858)
The long voyage : the flight of the balloon Atlantic (United States, 1859)
To the top of the sky : Coxwell and Glaisher's record altitude (United Kingdom, 1862)
The siege of Paris : the balloon-and-pigeon post (France, 1870-1871)
The North Pole balloon : Salomon Andree's expedition (Sweden and the Arctic Ocean, 1897)
Parachute girl : Dolly Shepherd (United Kingdom, 1903-12)
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The black moon: the first balloon flights (France, 1783)
Queen of the night sky: Sophie and Jean-Piere Blanchard (France, 1784-1819)
Splashdown in Lake Erie: John Steiner (United States, 1857)
The children are gone!: Martha and David Harvey (United States, 1858)
The long voyage: the flight of the balloon Atlantic (United States, 1859)
To the top of the sky: Coxwell and Glaisher's record altitude (United Kingdom, 1862)
The siege of Paris: the balloon-and-pigeon post (France, 1870-1871)
The North Pole balloon: Salomon Andrees's expedition (Sweden and the Arctic Ocean, 1897)
Parachute girl: Dolly Shepherd (United Kingdom, 1903-12).
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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 dramatic period artwork, this volume features nine exhilarating stories about the pioneers of human flight, such as daredevil Sophie Blanchard from Napoleon's France, and Salomon Andree, who led an ill-fated balloon assault on the North Pole in 1897. - Publisher.
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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, Sky Sailors by David L. Bristow presents the stories of the pioneers of human flight, such as daredevil Sophie Blanchard from Napoleon's France, and Salomon Andree, who lead an aerial assault on the North Pole in 1897.
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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 dramatic 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. --from publisher description
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2023-06-28
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