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| TITLE: |
Falling upwards : how we took to the air / Richard Holmes. |
| AUTHOR: |
Holmes, Richard, 1945- |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York : Pantheon Books, c2013. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xii, 404 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-377) and index. |
| NOTES: |
Voices overhead -- The falling dream -- Fiery prospects -- Airy kingdoms -- Angel's eye -- Wild west wind -- Spies in the sky -- Gigantic voyages -- Vertical explorations -- Mariners of the upper atmosphere -- Paris airborne -- Extreme balloons -- Epilogue -- Classic balloon accounts. |
| SUBJECT: |
Balloonists--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
Ballooning--History. |
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