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Title Statement | Lighter than air: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot / Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares. |
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Author | Smith, Matthew Clark, 1982- |
Additional Contributors | Tavares, Matt |
Publication | Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press,2017. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
ISBN | 0763677329 9780763677329 |
Other Number | 3068010 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, she became the first woman to die in an aviation accident. |
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By Topic | Women balloonists--Biography--Juvenile literature--France |
Balloonists--Biography--Juvenile literature--France | |
By Name | Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand,1778-1819 |
By Location | France--Juvenile fiction--History--1789- |