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 Lady Icarus : balloonomania and the brief, bold life of Sophie Blanchard
 Author: Noyes, Deborah

 Publisher:  Random House Studio (2022)

 Dewey: 629
 Classification: Biography
 Physical Description: 160 p., ill., 21 cm

 BTSB No: 683926 ISBN: 9780593122037
 Ages: 8-12 Grades: 3-7

 Subjects:
 Blanchard, Sophie
 Women balloonists -- Biography
 Women air pilots -- Biography
 Aeronautics -- Flights

Price: $22.58

Summary:
Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. As the first woman to be a professional aeronaut, Blanchard made nearly 70 spectacular flights, survived a revolution, and became a court favorite of the emperor Napoleon, before a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as she met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the streets of Paris in 1819.


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 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/03/22)

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