The Hindenburg

Author : Mireille Majoor
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780316123860
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Hindenburg written by Mireille Majoor and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and cut-away illustrations feature the stories of real-life children who were passengers on the Hindenburg during its final voyage.

Author : Larry Verstraete
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1410310043
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surviving the Hindenburg written by Larry Verstraete and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 6, 1937, the giant German airship the Hindenburg was destroyed by fire as it attempted to land at Lakehurst Naval Base in New Jersey. Of the 93 people on board, a remarkable 62 survived, including Werner Franz, the ship's 14-year-old cabin boy. In Surviving the Hindenburg, writer Larry Verstraete recounts young Werner's story of the airship's final voyage. Through Werner's memories young readers will explore the inner workings of the giant airship, marvel at the breathtaking vistas from its observation windows, and hold their breath during Werner's terrifying escape from the fiery devastation. "My mind didn't start working again until I was on the ground," Werner said later. "Then I started running." Captured in detailed, dramatic artwork, the story of the doomed airship comes alive for readers and history buffs of all ages. Larry Verstraete's book, S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet, was named a 2011 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students by the National Science Teachers Association. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. David Geister's work has been featured in The History Channel Magazine. His books include B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Author : Lauren Tarshis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545658519
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 (I Survived #13) written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937. The greatest flying machine ever build is about to crash...For eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister, Gertie, are making the thrilling four-thousand-mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic.But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated from his family and in a desperate race to escape the flames. The Hindenburg is doomed. And so, it seems, is Hugo. Will he survive this historic disaster?

Author : Cameron Dokey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671036017
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hindenburg, 1937 written by Cameron Dokey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From her dying grandfather, Anna Becker mistakenly takes the tickets for a trip aboard the ill-fated Hindenburg believing it offers her an escape to America.

Author : Shelley Tanaka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780590553728
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Disaster of the Hindenburg written by Shelley Tanaka and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the disaster.

Author : Ed Regis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465065945
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monsters written by Ed Regis and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio reporter Herbert Morrison's words on witnessing the destruction of the Hindenburg (“Oh, the humanity!”) are etched in our collective memory. Yet while we use theHindenburg—like the Titanic—as shorthand for the technological hubris of a bygone era, we seem to have forgotten the lessons to be learned from the infamous 1937 zeppelin disaster. InMonsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology, Ed Regis claims that this is due to the fact that never before has there been a technological artifact so discredited as the zeppelin in the aftermath of the Hindenburg fire. In Monsters, Regis explores the question of how a technology now so completely invalidated (and so fundamentally unsafe) ever managed to reach such a high-risk level of development as it did. How does such a collective psychology of obsession emerge? Through the narrative of the invention and development of the zeppelin and its most infamous example, Regis will examine the perils of what he calls “pathological technologies,” technologies whose substantial risks are discounted or ignored under the influence of their emotional, almost mystical appeal. Zeppelins were unsteerable balloons of highly flammable gas, but the sheer magic of seeing a behemoth aircraft float lighter-than-air cast a spell over anyone who saw them. The Hindenburg, however, is not an isolated historical instance of pathological technologies—Regis brings this idea to the present by discussing more recent examples, including recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering, nuclear energy, the Apollo 11 moon landings, and DARPA's “100-Year Starship” program. These technologies may appear enticing, but like the Hindenburg, they could prove to be just as perilous.Monsters is thus a powerful cautionary tale for future technologies and other grandiose schemes.

Author : Chris Bowman
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1612119891
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hindenburg Disaster written by Chris Bowman and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameras rolled as the huge airship, Hindenburg, caught fire and crashed in New Jersey on May 6, 1937. The disaster was so shocking that the name Hindenburg has become synonymous with catastrophe! See it for yourself in this graphic novel for young readers.

Author : Jessica Gunderson
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1434211630
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire in the Sky written by Jessica Gunderson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1936, 15-year old Michael Roth and his family are headed to America. They're leaving Frankfurt, Germany, to escape the Nazi government and start a better life. Michael, however, is more excited about the trip than the destination-- they'll be riding aboard the giant Hindenburg airship.

Author : Patrick R. Osborn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472814800
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hindenburg Line written by Patrick R. Osborn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jagging across north-western Europe like an ugly scar, the Hindenburg Line was Germany's most formidable line of defence in World War I. Its fearsome reputation was matched only by its cunning design, with deep zigzagging trenches, concrete fieldworks, barbed wire and devilish booby traps forming an intimidating barrier for any attacking army. Through meticulous research, this volume explores each of the major portions of the Hindenburg Line, paying particular attention to three examples of Allied operations against it towards the end of the war: the critical flanking of the Drocourt-Qeant Switch; the daring but costly rupture of the line of the St Quentin Canal; and the bloody battles of the Meuse-Argonne. Specially commissioned artwork and historical photographs perfectly complement the analysis provided by the authors as they trace the life of the Hindenburg Line from its seemingly invulnerable early years through to the audacious tactics used by the Allies to achieve a bitter victory in 1918.

Author : Rick Archbold
Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785819738
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hindenburg written by Rick Archbold and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story of a time when giant silver zeppelins held the promise of the future is vividly recounted in this volume, highlighted by hundreds of stunning paintings and photos.