The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909
A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which in 1909 became the first heavier-than-air machine to fly the English Channel.
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About the Author:
Alice Provensen and her husband, Martin, won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Flight. She currently lives in San Clemente, California.
Review:
-Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot+s first experience of an airship. . . . There+s dash, style, and economy here in both text and pictures.+ -Kirkus Reviews
-Fact is turned into magic.+ -The New York Times Book Review
-Fact is turned into magic.+ -The New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0606019758
- ISBN 13 9780606019750
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages39
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