Runaway balloon
Subtitle: the last flight of Confederate Air Force One
By: by Burke Davis ; drawings by Salvatore Murdocca.
Contributors: Murdocca, Sal.
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan; Brand: Coward Mc Cann; Coward Mc Cann
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Bryan, John Randolph -- Juvenile literature.; Bryan, John Randolph.; Balloon ascensions -- Juvenile literature.; Balloon ascensions.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations.
Description: Recounts the brief and near-disastrous history of the balloon created by the Confederate army to spy on Federal troops who had used the same means to observe Southern troop movements.