The Hindenburg in flames : how a photograph marked the end of the airship / by Michael Burgan.
Material type:
TextSeries: Captured historyPublisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, an imprint of Capstone Press, [2017]Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780756554415 (library binding)
- 0756554411 (library binding)
- 9780756554439 (pbk.)
- 0756554438 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | 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 NonFiction | 363.1249 B954 | Available | 33111008500460 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When it went down in flames, the Hindenburg went down in history. The era of airship travel ended with a disastrous explosion May 6, 1937. Sam Shere's photo of the Hindenburg in flames has been called the most famous news photograph ever taken. The entire episode from first flash to destruction took less than a minute. It happened so fast that Shere, who could feel the heat of the burning airship, had no time to raise his camera to his eye. His famous photo, which was the first ever to show a major air disaster as it happened, was shot from the hip.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-63) and Index.
A landing gone wrong -- Rise of the airship -- Disaster at Lakehurst -- End of an era.
"Discusses the iconic photograph of the German airship Hindenburg in flames as it attempted to land in New Jersey in May 1937"-- Provided by publisher.