Sky Sailors
Download or Read eBook Sky Sailors PDF written by David L. Bristow and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : David L. Bristow |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2014-05-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781466871427 |
ISBN-13 | : 1466871423 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sky Sailors by : David L. Bristow
Book excerpt: 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.