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

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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

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Edition	First edition.
Description	243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary	"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."--Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8 to 12.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
Contents	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 -- American 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 -- 350,000 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.
Subject	Air pilots -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Daredevils -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Daredevils -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Air pilots -- History.
	Daredevils -- History.
	Air pilots -- Biography.
	Daredevils -- Biography.
	Flight -- History.
	Aeronautics -- History.
	Air pilots -- History.
	Air pilots -- Biography.
	Flight -- History.
	Daredevils -- History.
	Daredevils -- Biography.
	Aeronautics -- History.
ISBN	9780316350235 (hardcover)
	0316350230 (hardcover)
	9780316350228 (ebook)

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