Lighter than air Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot
"Behold, the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, "balloonomania" has fiercely gripped the nation, but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of breaking t...
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition in this format. |
| Series: | Candlewick biographies.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Lighter than air : |b Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot / |c Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot |
| 250 | |a First edition in this format. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Somerville, Massachusetts : |b Candlewick Press, |c 2019. | |
| 300 | |a 39 pages : |b color illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "Behold, the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, "balloonomania" has fiercely gripped the nation, but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of breaking that barrier falls to a most unlikely figure: a shy girl from a seaside village who is entirely devoted to her dream of flight. And although she isn't the first woman to ascend in a balloon or the first woman to accompany an aeronaut on a trip, she is--even better--the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course."--Page 4 of cover. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (page 37) and index. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, |d 1778-1819 |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women balloonists |z France |v Biography |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
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