Higher, Steeper, Faster - Lawrence Goldstone 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 1150 (What's this?)
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (March 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316350230
ISBN-13: 978-031635023
Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies Hardcover – March 28, 2017
by Lawrence Goldstone (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Higher-Steeper-Faster-Daredevils-Conquered/dp/0316350230
Product details
Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 1150 (What's this?)
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (March 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316350230
ISBN-13: 978-031635023
Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history.
Aviator Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft out of what was a typically fatal tailspin. As Beachey and other aviators took to the skies in death-defying acts in the early twentieth century, these innovative daredevils not only wowed crowds, but also redefined the frontiers of powered flight.
Higher, Steeper, Faster takes readers inside the world of the brave men and women who popularized flying through their deadly stunts and paved the way for modern aviation. With heart-stopping accounts of the action-packed race to conquer the skies, plus photographs and fascinating archival documents, this book will exhilarate readers as they fly through the pages.
Review
In prose as riveting as the developments it investigates, Goldstone covers the history of early aviation up to 1915 in his first book for young readers. After grabbing attention with the crowd-thrilling stunts of Lincoln Beachey, "the greatest aviator America has ever seen, "Goldstone provides background on ballooning, parachutes, and gas-powered airships before launching into the main tale: the daredevils of flight's first decade. As he chronicles limit-testing feats that astounded audiences, he points out that airplanes were not tested before they were flown in exhibitions and how radically airplanes changed in those early years: "By 1915, not one single feature of the original Wright Flyer [made famous by Orville Wright in his famous 1903flight] remained in use." Goldstone deftly combines captivating descriptions of the personalities--male and female--with discussion of the many improvements and ever-present hazards of early flying. Though questions about who actually built and repaired these fragile machines and how pilots were licensed aren't addressed, Goldstone's book enthralls. -Publishers Weekly, starred review
About the Author
Lawrence Goldstone is the author and co-author of more than a dozen critically-acclaimed books for adults. Goldstone has appeared on NPR, PBS, and C-SPAN, and his writing has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. This is his first book for young readers.
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