Around the World in 20 Days : The Story of Our History-Making Balloon Flight

Piccard, Bertrand; Jones, Brian

ISBN 10: 0471378208 / ISBN 13: 9780471378204

Verlag: Wiley, USA, 1999

Beschreibung

PUBLISHER: John Wiley and Sons DATE/EDITION: 1999, First edition (1-9) signed by the authors on the half title page BINDING: Hardbound in blue paper covered boards with silver lettering on the spine, 307 pages DUST JACKET: The jacket is priced 24.95 on the front flap and in fine condition, very bright and clean with no rips or chips. BOOK CONDITION: The book was bound with crease in the paper at the bottom third of the spine and the book is otherwise near fine, very clean inside and out and the binding is tight. DESCRIPTION: Illustrated with photographs, many in full color.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003041

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Around the World in 20 Days : The Story of Our History-Making Balloon Flight
• Verlag: Wiley, USA
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0471378208
• ISBN-13: 9780471378204
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
• Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

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Inhaltsangabe

Two European balloonists offer a firsthand account of their epic 1999, nineteen-day, around-the-world odyssey, from Switzerland to Eygpt, detailing the challenges they faced and the near disasters they avoided, accompanied by personal photographs of and diary excerpts about their journey. 100,000 first printing.

Reseña del editor

The Story of the First-Ever Round-the-World Balloon Flight As Told by the Pilots "Both of us were being driven on by a colossal charge of hope, which sometimes became so strong that we had to take deep breaths and physically choke it down. The important thing, now, was to concentrate and not make any mistakes." -- Brian Jones, March 4, flying over the Sahara Desert "This is exactly my definition of adventure...a point at which you cannot avoid confronting the unknown, so that you have to dig inside yourself to find the courage and resources to deal with what may lie ahead, and to succeed." -- Bertrand Piccard, diary entry March 10, heading out over the Pacific