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K-3Dorling Kindersley Readers series.
A simple text, historical reproductions, and often dramatic color illustrations reveal the brief era when airships were used for exploration and passenger conveyance. This concise history touches on the invention of the airship by Count Zeppelin, the Hindenburg tragedy, and some lesser known ships, including the first to travel across the United States. Sidebars contain supplemental information that may be distracting to the intended early reading audience. Glos., ind.