The amazing air balloon / Jean Van Leeuwen ; pictures by Marco Ventura.
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TextPublication details: New York : Phyllis Fogelman Books, c2003.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0803722583
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.V275 Ap 2003
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Van Leeuwen, Jean | Checked out | 05/20/2024 | 33111004266314 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Long before the Wright brothers made their famous flight, a young boy from Baltimore became the first person ever to travel by air-in a hot-air balloon. One of the most exciting ways to fly, the air balloon was invented in 1783, although it would take another ten years before a balloon was built that was ready to carry human passengers. Aviation aficionados and indeed all readers will be fascinated by this time before airplanes when an ordinary boy experienced what seemed like an impossible dream-to fly. Jean Van Leeuwen turns this remarkable story into a captivating read and also includes a detailed historical note, while Marco Ventura's lovely oil paintings perfectly evoke eighteenth-century Colonial America.
Edward Warren was the first person to go up in a balloon in America on June 24, 1784.
In this story based on true events, a thirteen-year-old apprentice takes the first manned hot air balloon flight in America and gains new insight into life's possibilities.