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KING OF ALL BALLOONS

by Mark Davies

Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st. 2015

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The complex life of explorer James Sadler, the ups and downs of his amazing career. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos.

SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Includes an errata slip. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

ISBN: 9781445653082
Stock no. 1327934

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Foreword by Richard Branson
  • Chronology
  • UK Maps
  • Sadler Family Tree
  • Part 1: LAND, 1753-84
  • 1. Growing Upwards: Childhood and Background
  • 2. 'Soaring Curiosity': James Sadler's First Trial of February 1784
  • Part 2: AIR, 1784-85
  • 3. James Sadler: The First English, or British, Aeronaut?
  • 4. Sadler's First Public Ascent: Oxford, Friday 12 November 1784
  • 5. Calais or Burst! The Race to Cross the English Channel
  • 6. 'To Sweep the Cobwebs from the Sky': Sadler's Six 1795 Ascents
  • 7. A Literary Interlude: Soaring Prose and Uplifting Airs
  • Part 3: LAND, 1786-95
  • 8. Grounded!
  • Part 4: WATER, 1795-1809
  • 9. Navy Larks and Sparks
  • Part 5: AIR, 1810-24
  • 10. Things Looking Up Again! 1810-12
  • 11. Like Father Like Son: Windham Sadler, Heir to the Air
  • 12. The 'Inheritor of His Father's Genius and Intrepidity': Windham Sadler's Ascents from 1814-1823
  • 13. Expectation Stood on Tip-Toe': William Windham Sadler, 1823-24
  • Part 6: LAND 1824-28
  • 14. 'How Scheming Beggars a Man': James Sadler's Final Short Descent of All Men

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