The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
"This book . . . recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel. . . . The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity. . . . The paintings . . . add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage...
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"This book . . . recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel. . . . The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity. . . . The paintings . . . add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen."--School Library Journal. Caldecott Medal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140507294 (0140507299)
Publish date: August 1st 1987
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 39
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Science,
Juvenile,
Picture Books
The Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Blériot by Alice and Martin Provensen This is the story of Louis Blériot, who was the first person to fly across the English Channel in the early 1900s. After seeing the first air ship crossing over the city of Cambrai, in France, Louis Blériot dec...
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