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Higher, steeper, faster : the daredevils who conquered the skies / Lawrence Goldstone.

by Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-

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Little, Brown and Company, c2017.

Air pilots -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Daredevils -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.

9780316350235 (hardcover)

0316350230 (hardcover)

243 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (P. 231-234) and index.

Introduction: The man who owned the sky -- Birds and balloons -- The first birdman -- Parachutes and gasbags -- Into the wind -- The boy aeronaut -- Wings -- The bird of prey -- Takeoff! -- Silent success -- Triumph, and tragedy -- Crossing the channel -- Higher, steeper, faster -- The week of miracles -- A week of miracles in America -- The stardust twins -- France hero -- The world comes to New York -- A woman's place is in the air -- Flying for the Navy -- Pushing to the edge and beyond -- Two great lights extinguished -- Aircraft carrier -- The boy aeronaut grows up -- The falls -- 500,000 witnesses -- From sea to shining sea -- Peer pressure -- Disaster -- The master birdman is grounded -- The last great trick -- The master birdman returns -- Around the world -- Looping across america -- Flying for the president -- Monoplane -- Epilogue: Turning the page -- Aviation time line -- Quotation notes -- Glossary.

The pioneers of early flight performed death-defying feats and broke new technological ground as they took to the skies to thrill crowds and advance the boundaries of human innovation.

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