Lighter than air
Subtitle: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot
By: Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares
Contributors: Tavares, Matt, ill
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Somerville, Massachusetts
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763677329
Subjects: Women balloonists; Juvenile literature; Balloonists; History
Description: 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 shattering that myth falls to a most unlikely figure: a shy girl from a seaside village, entirely devoted to her dream of flight.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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