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Runaway balloonRunaway balloon

Runaway balloon

the last flight of Confederate Air Force One

Burke Davis

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Recounts the brief and near-disastrous history of the balloon created by the Confederate army to spy on Federal troops who had used the same means to observe Southern troop movements.

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OL Work ID
OL15213962W

Subjects

Aerial operationsBalloon ascensionsHistoryJuvenile literatureUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865AeronauticsAeronautics, juvenile literatureUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile literature

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