The glorious flight : across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909

Provensen, Alice (Author). Provensen, Martin (Added Author). Viking Press (Publisher).

Summary: A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Blériot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900s.

Item details

ISBN: 0670342599
ISBN: 9780670342594
Physical Description: print
39 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Viking Press, c1983.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Art techniques used: Sepia toned acrylic, pen and ink illustrations with folk like, stylized characters.
Awards Note:	Caldecott Medal, 1984.

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Caldecott Medal -- Winner -- 1984.
Juvenile literature -- 1983.
Biographies -- 1984.

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