Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

by Lawrence Goldstone

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316350230
• ISBN13: 9780316350235
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7