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Author:

Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- author.

Title:

Higher, steeper, faster : the daredevils who conquered the skies / Lawrence Goldstone.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Air pilots--History--Juvenile literature.
Daredevils--History--Juvenile literature.
Air pilots--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Daredevils--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Flight--History--Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics--History--Juvenile literature.
Air pilots--History.
Daredevils--History.
Air pilots--Biography.
Daredevils--Biography.
Flight--History.
Aeronautics--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The man who owned the sky -- Birds and balloons -- The first birdman -- Parachutes and gasbags -- Into the wind -- The boy aeronaut -- Wings -- The bird of prey -- Takeoff! -- Silent success -- Triumph -- ... and tragedy -- Crossing the channel -- Higher, steeper, faster -- The week of miracles -- A week of miracles in America -- The stardust twins -- American hero -- The world comes to New York -- A woman's place is in the air -- Flying for the Navy -- Pushing to the edge and beyond -- Two great lights extinguished -- Aircraft carrier -- The boy aeronaut grows up -- The falls -- 350,000 witnesses -- From sea to shining sea -- Peer pressure -- Disaster -- The master birdman is grounded -- The last great trick -- The master birdman returns -- Around the world -- Looping across America -- Flying for the president -- Monoplane -- Epilogue: Turning the page.

ISBN:

0316350230
9780316350235

OCLC:

(OCoLC)950083963

LCCN:

2016016576

Locations:

MIPA194 -- Alta Vista Public Library (Alta Vista)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SXPC124 -- Greene Public Library (Greene)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

VZPB964 -- Ossian Public Library (Ossian)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)