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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- author.     Subjects     Air pilots -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Daredevils -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Daredevils -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- author.       by title:      Higher, steeper, fas...         MARC Display

Higher, steeper, faster : the daredevils who conquered the skies / Lawrence Goldstone. by Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- author. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Subjects Air pilots -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Daredevils -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Daredevils -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780316350235 (hardcover) 0316350230 (hardcover) Description:  243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The pioneers of early flight performed death-defying feats and broke new technological ground as they took to the skies to thrill crowds and advance the boundaries of human innovation."--Provided by publisher. Audience:  Ages 8 to 12.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Aina Haina Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Ewa Beach P/S Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked out 04/30/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Waialua Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.13092 Go Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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