A dream of flight : Alberto Santos-Dumont's race around the Eiffel Tower / Rob Polivka and Jef Polivka ; Illustrations by Rob Polivka.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374306618
- 0374306613
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.1309 P769 | Available | 33111009371937 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.1309 P769 | Available | 33111009686789 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Debut nonfiction duo Rob and Jef Polivka offer an illustrated madcap adventure in A Dream of Flight , a dynamic biography of Alberto Santos-Dumont, an inventor who risked everything to reach the skies. And sure enough, his successes and failures brought the world's people closer together.
Ready? Set. Fly!
At the turn of the twentieth century, no aviation prize was more coveted in Europe than the Deutsch Prize. To win it, a pilot would have to fly a balloon from Paris's Aero Club around the Eiffel Tower and back in thirty minutes or less. Who would be the first to succeed?
Alberto Santos-Dumont thought he could. His latest design, Airship No. 6, was perfected from the countless lessons he learned during previous crashes. On the morning of October 19, 1901, Santos was making good time in the race when disaster struck--his motor had sputtered to a stop mid-air! Would Santos make it to the finish line in time--let alone survive?
Includes bibliographical references.
"For fans of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, here is a charming biography of inventor and daredevil airman Alberto Santos-Dumont."--Provided by publisher.
Age 4-8.