First Flight Around the World - The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race

Informationen zum Autor Historian Tim Grove has written several books for young readers. His book Star-Spangled was named a Best Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews and the Chicago Public Library, and First Flight Around the World was a finalist for the American Library Association’s YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction award. He holds a graduate degree in history and an undergraduate degree in journalism. Grove’s career has included positions at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, National Air and Space Museum, and National Museum of American History. Grove lives in Falls Church, Virginia. Klappentext In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Zusammenfassung The only book for young readers about one of the most important events in the Golden Age of Flight in the 1920s and 1930s: the 1924 flight around the world by the U.S. Army Air Service.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Grove, Tim/ National Air and Space Museum (COR) Grove, Grove Tim, National Air and Space Museum
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 1 to 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2015
• EAN: 9781419714825
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-1482-5
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 265 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Transportation / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, Transport (Children's / Teenage), United States of America, USA, Interest age: from c 7 years, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Touch & Feel Books