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Lincoln's flying spies : Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps / Gail Jarrow. - SHERLOC
Lincoln's flying spies : Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps / Gail Jarrow.
Other title:
Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps
Imprint:
Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2010.
ISBN:
9781590787199 (lib. bdg.)
1590787196 (lib. bdg.)
Call number:
j973.741 JAR
Physical description:
109 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Ballooning -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Balloons -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile literature.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103) and index.
Summary note:
Describes the contributions made to the Union's efforts in the Civil War by Thaddeus Lowe and a corps of hot air balloonists who helped spy on the Confederate army, despite becoming targets in the war themselves.
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