TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jarrow,Gail
TI  - Lincoln's flying spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps 
SN  - 9781590787199 (lib. bdg.)
AV  - E 492.7 .J37 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Honesdale, Pa.
PB  - Calkins Creek
KW  - Lowe, T. S. C.
KW  - Aeronautics, Military
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Ballooning
KW  - Military aeronautics
KW  - sears
KW  - Balloons
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Aerial operations
KW  - 1861-1865, Civil War
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103) and index; Eye in the sky -- Following the clouds -- Aeronaut over Washington -- Balloon Corps is born -- "The most shot-at man in the war" -- Into battle -- Final conflict -- Grounded
N2  - 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
ER  -