Amazing Wonders Collection: The Story of an Aviator

by Marmaduke Randolph Calhoun, Clint Twist (Editor), Nick Hardcastle (Illustrator)

Overview

Ideal for daring aviators-to-be! An insider's story follows the early days of flight — and features a splendid model of a biplane inside.

Step back to the 1930s, when an ambitious flying ace vows to claim the prize for the first solo around-the-world fl ight. While readying his aircraft, he offers a richly illustrated look at the exploits of aviation pioneers before him — from the Wright brothers' storied Flyer to Charles Lindbergh's cross-Atlantic flight, from airplane racing and aerial stunts to William Byrd's long-distance record and Amelia Earhart's breaking of the gender barrier. Filled with diagrams, charts, vintage photos, and maps, here is a lavish tribute to the early masters of the sky, who turned fl ights of fancy into real powered aircraft and soared straight into history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763639068
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/23/2008
Series:	Amazing Wonders Collection , #2
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	11.60(w) x 11.70(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years