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019 _a657642215
020 _a9781590787199 (lib. bdg.)
020 _a1590787196 (lib. bdg.)
035 _a(Sirsi) i9781590787199
035 _a(Sirsi) i9781590787199
035 _a(Sirsi) i9781590787199
035 _a(OCoLC)587219760
_z(OCoLC)657642215
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050 1 4 _aE 492.7
_b.J37 2010
100 1 _aJarrow, Gail.
245 1 0 _aLincoln's flying spies :
_bThaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps /
_cGail Jarrow.
260 _aHonesdale, Pa. :
_bCalkins Creek,
_cc2010.
300 _a109 p. :
_bill., map ;
_c25 cm.
520 _aDescribes 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 97-103) and index.
505 0 _aEye 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.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xBalloons
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xAerial operations
_vJuvenile literature.
600 1 0 _aLowe, T. S. C.
_q(Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt),
_d1832-1913
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aAeronautics, Military
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aBallooning
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xBalloons.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xAerial operations.
600 1 0 _aLowe, T. S. C.
_q(Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt),
_d1832-1913.
650 0 _aAeronautics, Military
_xHistory.
650 0 _aBallooning
_xHistory.
651 7 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1861-1865, Civil War.
_2sears
650 7 _aMilitary aeronautics
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_2sears
650 7 _aBalloons
_xHistory.
_2sears
999 _c128999
_d128999