The Hindenburg disaster, 1937 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.
Material type: TextSeries: Tarshis, Lauren. I survived ; #13.Publisher: New York, NY : Scholastic, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 91 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780545868600
- 0545868602
- 9780545658508
- 0545658500
- 9781484472750
- 1484472756
- I survived the Hindenburg disaster, 1937
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Tarshis Lauren | Checked out | 06/15/2024 | 33111008402865 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937.The greatest flying machine ever built is about to crash...For eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister, Gertie, are making the thrilling four-thousand-mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic .But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated from his family and in a desperate race to escape the flames. The Hindenburg is doomed. And so, it seems, is Hugo. Will he survive this historic disaster?
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For eleven year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister Gertie, are making the thrilling four thousand mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic. But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated from his family and in a desperate race to escape the flames. The Hindenburg is doomed. And so, it seems, is Hugo. Will he survive this historic disaster?