

The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont
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Illustrator: Eva Montanari
Alberto Santos-Dumont loved to fly around Paris in his dirigible. In 1906, he competed to become the first person to take off in a plane using its own power. Author’s note, with black-and-white photographs of Alberto Santos-Dumont. Selected bibliography. Index. Full-color illustrations created using pastels, chalks, oil pastels, and oil paint on colored paper
ISBN: 9781419700118
JLG Release: Dec 2011
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Book Details
ISBN
9781419700118
First Release
December 2011
Genre
Dewey Classification
629.130092 B
Trim Size
8" x 12"
Page Count
32
Accelerated Reader
Level 4.2; Points: 0.5;
Scholastic Reading Counts
Level 4.5; Points: 2;
Lexile
Level 730L
Format
Print Book
Edition
-
Publisher
Abrams
Potentially Sensitive Areas
None
Topics
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), Brazilian aeronautical engineers, Biography, History of airplanes, History of aeronautics, History of airships, Louis Cartier (1875-1942),