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The Glorious Flight

Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909

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The Glorious Flight

By: Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Narrated by: Stuart Blinder
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Winner of the Caldecott Medal, this stunning audiobook depicts Louis Bleriot's historic first cross-Channel flight. Biographies Exploration & Discovery History Science & Technology Vehicles & Transportation

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"Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot's first experience of an airship . . . There's dash, style, and economy here in both text and pictures."--Kirkus Reviews

"Fact is turned into magic."--The New York Times Book Review

"This book...recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel.... The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity . . . The paintings...add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen"--School Library Journal
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