Bibliograph

Race through the skies, the week the world learned to fly, Martin W. Sandler

Type

Label

Race through the skies, the week the world learned to fly, Martin W. Sandler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 179) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10-14, Bloomsbury Children's Books

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4-6, Bloomsbury Children's Books

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Race through the skies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Martin W. Sandler

Sub title

the week the world learned to fly

Summary

In 1903, the Wright brothers made three brief flights, and no one was there to watch them. Six years later, Wilbur Wright traveled to Europe to evangelicize about aviation and raise money for patents--and the world got aviation fever. That summer, a group of champagne companies organized the first ever international air meet in Rheims, France. They knew they could throw a great party and sell a lot of champagne. They didn't know that this single week would change the course of aviation history. Through photographs, firsthand accounts, and narrative, Marty Sandler tells the story of how the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne marked the public introduction to flight. - from Goodreads.com

Target audience

juvenile

Classification