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Brown, Don

Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly

40 pp. | Charlesbridge | June, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-812-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-63289-660-5
(3) K-3 John Jeffries, a loyalist who moved to England after the Revolutionary War, became the first American to study weather conditions in a hot-air balloon, as well as to cross the English Channel in one (with copilot Jean-Pierre Blanchard). Brown relates the story with humor and woven-in (sourced) quotations. Pencil and watercolor illustrations vary in perspective and add cartoonish wit. Bib.
Reviewer: Christina Dorr

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