| Amazing Wonders Collection: The Story of an Aviator Contributor(s): Calhoun, Marmaduke Randolph (Author), Twist, Clint (Editor), Hardcastle, Nick (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763639060 ISBN-13: 9780763639068 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2008 Annotation: In the 1930s, an ambitious flying ace vows to claim the prize for the first solo around-the-world flight. While readying his aircraft, he offers a richly illustrated look and the exploits of aviation pioneers before him. Includes a ready-to-assemble 16-inch model biplane. Full color. Consumable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Aviation - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008932002 |
| Series: Amazing Wonders Collection |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 11.78" W x 11.8" (2.21 lbs) 16 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ideal for daring aviators-to-be An insider's story follows the early days of flight -- and features a splendid model of a biplane inside. Step back to the 1930s, when an ambitious flying ace vows to claim the prize for the first solo around-the-world fl ight. While readying his aircraft, he offers a richly illustrated look at the exploits of aviation pioneers before him -- from the Wright brothers' storied Flyer to Charles Lindbergh's cross-Atlantic flight, from airplane racing and aerial stunts to William Byrd's long-distance record and Amelia Earhart's breaking of the gender barrier. Filled with diagrams, charts, vintage photos, and maps, here is a lavish tribute to the early masters of the sky, who turned fl ights of fancy into real powered aircraft and soared straight into history. |