Lighter Than Air. Australian Ballooning History

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Affirm Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2021
Edition: First Edition

Description: 184 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Fledgling balloonists in nineteenth century Australia realised that their aerial endeavours added little to their pockets, or to science. Re-inventing themselves as showmen and women, they performed daring acrobatics from trapezes and parachutes, touring towns and cities all over the country. Along the way, they faced primitive and challenging conditions; experienced petty squabbles, farcical incidents; aeronauts blown out to sea, onto rooftops. Many were crippled. Some even died.Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 9780646820217