Race Through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly Contributor(s): Sandler, Martin W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1547603445 ISBN-13: 9781547603442 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery |
Dewey: 629.130 |
LCCN: 2019046005 |
Age Level: 11-14 |
Grade Level: 6-9 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.6" W x 10.6" L (2.73 lbs) 192 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: From National Book Award winner Martin W. Sandler, a fascinating look at the week that brought aviation fever to the world In 1903, the Wright brothers made three brief flights, and no one was there to watch them. Six years later, Wilbur Wright traveled to Europe to evangelicize about aviation and raise money for patents--and the world got aviation fever. That summer, a group of champagne companies organized the first ever international air meet in Rheims, France. They knew they could throw a great party and sell a lot of champagne. They didn't know that this single week would change the course of aviation history. Through remarkable photographs, firsthand accounts, and lively narrative, Marty Sandler tells the story of how the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne marked the public introduction to flight. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sandler, Martin W.: - Martin W. Sandler is an award-winning author of many books for young readers, including The Story of Photography, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, and Vaqueros. He is also a television producer. A five-time Emmy winner and a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, he lives in Massachusetts with his wife. |
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