The twenty-one balloons

Title
The twenty-one balloons

Personal Author EPSB
William Pene, Du Bois

Summary
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who, in 1883, sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.

Year Published
1997,
 
1986,
 
1947

Series
Puffin book

Physical Description
{180} p. : ill.

Note
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1947.

Subject
Balloons -- Fiction.
 
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883.

Added Title
21 balloons.

Summary
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who, in 1883, sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.

ISBN
9780812422894

Publisher
New York : Penguin Books USA Inc, 1997, 1986, c1947.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
NorwoodF PENBook30156000206973Fiction