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Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot
- Title
- Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot / Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares.
- Author
- Smith, Matthew Clark, 1982-
- Publication
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Tavares, Matt
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 31 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819 > Juvenile literature
- Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819
- 1700-1799
- Women balloonists > France > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Balloonists > France > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Balloonists
- Women balloonists
- France > History > 18th century > Juvenile literature
- France
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience (note)
- Elementary Grade.
- Call Number
- JFG 18-378
- ISBN
- 0763677329
- 9780763677329
- LCCN
- 2017931493
- OCLC
- 953597833
- Author
- Smith, Matthew Clark, 1982- author.
- Title
- Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot / Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares.
- Publisher
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- First edition 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Audience
- Elementary Grade.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Added Author
- Tavares, Matt, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 18-378