Balloonomania belles : daredevil divas who first took to the sky / Sharon Wright.

"[This book] reveals the show stopping stories of the female pioneers of balloon flight. More than a century before the first aeroplane women were heading for the heavens in crazy, inspired contraptions that could bring death or glory and all too often, both. Women were in the vanguard of the 'Ballo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Sharon (Journalist) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Subjects:
Hot air balloons > History.
Women balloonists > 18th century.
Women daredevils > 18th century.
Balloonists > History.
Ballooning > History.
Ballooning.
Hot air balloons.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:vii, 175 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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