The Balloonist
Title | The Balloonist PDF eBook |
Author | MacDonald Harris |
Publisher | ABRAMS |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2012-11-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1468303732 |
The acclaimed novel of love, ambition, and Arctic adventure “told with fin de siecle elegance”—with an introduction by Philip Pullman (Kirkus Reviews). It is July 1897, at the northernmost reach of the inhabited world. Swedish inventor Gustav Crispin is determined to become the first person to set foot on the North Pole, and return, borne by hot air balloon. Making the expedition with two companions—an American journalist and a young, French-speaking adventurer—all three climb into the small wicker gondola and cuts the ropes. But as Gustav pursues his history-making ambition, and their flimsy balloon is battered by Arctic winds, his mind returns again and again to his fraught romance with the beautiful Luisa. Nominated for the National Book Award in 1977, The Balloonist was hailed by Mary Renault as a “tour de force.” The story of Gustav Crispin is “chilling and comic by turn . . . An unusual mixture of Arctic adventure and Parisian love story with philosophic overtones” (Kirkus Reviews).
The Balloon Book
Title | The Balloon Book PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Fillingham |
Publisher | David McKay Company |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN |
Trutor & the Balloonist
Title | Trutor & the Balloonist PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie Lee Wesselmann |
Publisher | MacAdam/Cage Publishing |
Total Pages | 578 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Artists |
ISBN | 9781878448743 |
An abused wife seeks refuge and solace in the home of a friend and in the task of editing his sister's memoirs.
The Balloonist
Title | The Balloonist PDF eBook |
Author | MacDonald Harris |
Publisher | Farrar Straus Giroux |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Ballooning |
ISBN | 9780374108748 |
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Title | Journal of the Franklin Institute PDF eBook |
Author | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 904 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Meteorology |
ISBN |
Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-59.
The Marvels of Aviation
Title | The Marvels of Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Cyril Turner |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
ISBN |
Aerial Navigation of Today
Title | Aerial Navigation of Today PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Cyril Turner |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 468 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
ISBN |
Beskriver flyvningens historie og udvikling op til ca. 1910.