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Sky Rider : Park Van Tassel and the rise of ballooning in the West
- Title
- Sky Rider : Park Van Tassel and the rise of ballooning in the West / Gary B. Fogel ; foreword by Dick Brown.
- Author
- Fogel, Gary, 1968-
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 250 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- With a reputation as the hot-air balloon capital of the world and the home to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta®, the southwestern desert city of Albuquerque frequently showcases the magic and adventure of ballooning. This legacy links back to the 1880s and a man by the name of Park Van Tassel. Through his pioneering flight, Van Tassel not only opened the skies to future generations across New Mexico, but he also opened minds to the possibility of manned flight throughout the American West. A charismatic, P. T. Barnum-like showman, Van Tassel rose from obscurity to introduce the new science of ballooning and parachuting throughout the West. Van Tassel toured extensively--from California to Utah, Colorado, and Louisiana and later embarking on an international journey that took him to Hawaii, Australia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond. Sky Rider weaves together the many threads of Van Tassel's extraordinary life journey, situating him at last in his rightful place among the prominent aerial exhibitionists of his time.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ascension -- Albuquerque -- Touring the West -- World's fair -- San Francisco -- On the road again -- Falling with Grace -- Separation -- North by Northwest -- Back to Utah -- Back to Albuquerque -- Hawaii -- Australia -- Queens of the air -- On to Adelaide -- Division -- Competition -- Redirection -- The long road home -- Other aeronauts -- California, Here I come . . . -- Aftershock -- City of Oakland -- Golden years.
- ISBN
- 9780826362827
- 0826362826
- LCCN
- 2021941140
- OCLC
- on1245658341
- 1245658341
- SCSB-13947310
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library