Falling Upwards
Subtitle: How We Took to the Air
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: October 29, 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 416
Description: Advance Reader's Edition
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Voices Overhead ix; title: 1 The Falling Dream 1; title: 2 Fiery Prospects 30; title: 3 Airy Kingdoms 52; title: 4 Angel's Eye 80; title: 5 Wild West Wind 97; title: 6 Spies inthe Sky 122; title: 7 Gigantic Voyages 156; title: 8 Vertical Explorations 193; title: 9 Mariners of the Upper Atmosphere 226; title: 10 Paris Airborne 251; title: 11 Extreme Balloons 302; title: Epilogue 351; title: Classic Balloon Accounts 355; title: List of Illustrations 357; title: Acknowledgements 369; title: Bibliography 372; title: References 378; title: Index 395