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100 1 Fogel, Gary,|d1968-|1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/
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245 10 Sky Rider :|bPark Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in
the West /|cGary B. Fogel.
264 1 Albuquerque :|bUniversity of New Mexico Press,|c2021.
300 1 online resource :|billustrations
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Intro -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication --
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -
- Acknowledgments -- 1. Ascension -- 2. Albuquerque -- 3.
Touring the West -- 4. World's Fair -- 5. San Francisco --
6. On the Road Again -- 7. Falling with Grace -- 8.
Separation -- 9. North by Northwest -- 10. Back to Utah --
11. Back to Albuquerque -- 12. Hawaii -- 13. Australia --
14. Queens of the Air -- 15. On to Adelaide -- 16.
Division -- 17. Competition -- 18. Redirection -- 19. The
Long Road Home -- 20. Other Aeronauts -- 21. California,
Here I Come ...
505 8 22. Aftershock -- 23. City of Oakland -- 24. Golden Years
-- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index
520 With a reputation as the hot-air balloon capital of the
world and the home of the Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta®, the skies of the southwestern desert city
of Albuquerque frequently showcase the magic and adventure
of ballooning. This legacy links back to the 1880s and a
man by the name of Park Van Tassel. Through his pioneering
flight, Van Tassel not only opened the skies to future
generations across New Mexico, but he also opened minds to
the possibility of manned flight throughout the American
West. A charismatic, P.T. Barnum-like showman, Van Tassel
rose from obscurity to introduce the new science of
ballooning and parachuting throughout the West. Van Tassel
toured extensively--from California to Utah, Colorado, and
Louisiana and later embarking on an international journey
that took him to Hawaii, Australia, Southeast Asia, India,
Africa, and beyond. Sky Rider weaves together the many
threads of Van Tassel's extraordinary life journey,
situating him at last in his rightful place among the
prominent aerial exhibitionists of his time.
588 0 Print version record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
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600 10 Van Tassel, Park,|dactive 1882.
650 0 Balloonists|zUnited States|vBiography.
650 0 Ballooning|xHistory.
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655 7 History|2fast
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776 08 |iPrint version:|aFogel, Gary B.|tSky Rider.|dAlbuquerque
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