Stories Of Balloon Adventure by Frank Mundell (1870 - 1932)
Genre(s): General
Read by: Steve C in English
Cover design by Annise.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter I - The First Balloons
00:07:58 - 02 - Chapter II - Early Ascents
00:21:22 - 03 - Chapter III - The First Ascent In England
00:35:52 - 04 - Chapter IV - Across The Channel
00:45:22 - 05 - Chapter V - Flood And Fire
00:55:59 - 06 - Chapter VI - The Father Of Modern Ballooning
01:19:00 - 07 - Chapter VII - Over The Alps
01:24:40 - 08 - Chapter VIII - Strange Adventures
01:45:46 - 09 - Chapter IX - Seven Miles High
01:57:42 - 10 - Chapter X - A Terrible Experience
02:09:06 - 11 - Chapter XI - 'Twixt Sea And Sky
02:25:57 - 12 - Chapter XII - Drops From Cloudland
02:44:09 - 13 - Chapter XIII - Tragic Adventures
03:01:08 - 14 - Chapter XIV - Which Way Does The Wind Blow?
03:11:34 - 15 - Chapter XV - Burnaby's Travels In The Air
03:34:55 - 16 - Chapter XVI - With Andrée Across The Baltic
In the following pages will be found brief narratives of some of the more famous incidents and exciting episodes which mark the history of ballooning.
No attempt has been made at a consecutive account of the progress of aerostation, and as far as possible no technical terms have been used, except those which were found to be absolutely essential to exactness in description.
In the choice of incidents, I have been chiefly guided by the presence of adventure, and by the relative importance of the incident to the subject as a whole. (Preface by Frank Mundell - 1897).
Stories of Balloon Adventure was one in a series of inspirational texts and ‘heroic writings of daring deeds' by the Victorian author Frank Mundell and published by The Sunday School Union. Frank Mundell wrote a significant number of books for children (both boys and girls) and young adults and many of these were distributed and presented to them through their Sunday schools. (Steve C) - Summary by Steve C
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