Book
The Hindenburg disaster / Peter Benoit.
Describes the crash of the Hindenburg airship in 1937, relaying the history of international airship flight and the events leading to the disaster, and explains what measures have been taken to make airship travel safer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780531206263 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 0531206262 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 9780531290255 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0531290255 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780531289952
- ISBN: 0531289958
- Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Children's Press, c2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A ball of flame : what happened on May 6, 1937? -- Airships : what was the Hindenburg? -- The Hindenburg's history : what was it like to fly on the Hindenburg? -- The big truth : Hindenburg's 1936 transatlantic flights : how did the Hindenburg cross the Atlantic Ocean? -- The final flight : do we know what caused the Hindenburg disaster? -- True statistics -- Important words. |
