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Condition: Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. ... Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Brand: Picador

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Type: Textbook

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Author: Alexander Frater

Publication Year: 2008

Special Attributes: Illustrated, Dust Jacket, 1st Edition

Country: United Kingdom

Title: The Balloon Factory

City: London

Region: United Kingdom

Era: 2000s

Age Level: Adults

Topic: Flight, History

ISBN: 9780330433105

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Name: The Balloon Factory: the Story of the Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines

Item Height: 234mm

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Item Width: 153mm

Subject: Evolution

Item Weight: 491g

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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Alexander Frater's new book is about a small, largely forgotten group of young men who, early in the twentieth century, competed to build and fly Britain's first aeroplane. At the heart of his story lies the Balloon Factory, a cathedral-sized shed overlooking Farnborough Common, and its most celebrated occupant, the remarkable Sam Cody. It was he, a long-haired, gun-toting Texan ex-cowboy - barely literate, yet describing himself as `a playwright' - who, in October 1908, finally won the race. Frater, described by the Independent as `the most engaging of all living travel writers', goes in search of the pioneers and, in a work that is part history and part journey, picks up - for example - the Cody trail in Farnborough, visits the hillside above Blair Atholl where John William Dunne tested his extraordinary machine, near Scarborough discovers the stately home in which Sir George Cayley, a millionaire Yorkshire MP, invented the science of aeronautics, and, at Brooklands, begins to wonder if the first-flight crown was, in fact, handed to the wrong man. Frater's richly described and wonderfully anecdotal journey brings those magnificent men - the rock stars of their time - and the places they knew vibrantly to life.

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Pan Macmillan

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Alexander Frater

Publication Name

The Balloon Factory: the Story of the Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines

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Hardcover

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English

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Evolution

Publication Year

2008

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Textbook

Number of Pages

256 Pages

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234mm

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153mm

Item Weight

491g

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Alexander Frater

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United Kingdom

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