Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
Take to the skies with the tale of Sophie Blanchard a woman meant for the air as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight.
Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, a woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, "balloonomania" has fiercely gripped the nation ... but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of shattering that myth falls to a most unlikely figure: a shy girl from a seaside village, entirely devoted to her dream of flight. Sophie is not the first woman to ascend in a balloon, nor the first woman to accompany an aeronaut on a trip, but she will become the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course.
- Author
- Matthew Clark Smith, Matt Tavares
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780763677329
- Characters
- Sophie Blanchard, Jean-Pierre Blanchard
- Genres
- biography, history, childrens, womens, historical, transport, france
- Release date
- 2017
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