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The twenty-one balloons  Cover Image Book Book

The twenty-one balloons / written and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.

Summary:

Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1986.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1947.
Target Audience Note:
5.7 Follett Library Resources.
3-6.
Subject: Balloons > Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels > Juvenile fiction
Krakatoa (Indonesia) > Eruption, 1883 > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harney County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harney County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Harney County Library FIC DUBOIS (Text) 37766000161755 ESD Juvenile Fiction Available -

Summary: Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.

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