The glorious flight : across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909 / Alice and Martin Provensen

Author:: Provensen, Alice
Published:: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1987.
Copyright Date:: ©1983
Physical Description:: 39 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm
Additional Creators:: Provensen, Martin

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Summary:

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.

Subject(s):

Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936—Juvenile literature
Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936
Air pilots
Airplanes—Design and construction

ISBN:

0140507299 (pbk.)

Note:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1983.

Awards:

Caldecott Medal, 1984.

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