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Author

Jarrow, Gail.

Title Lincoln's flying spies : Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War balloon corps / Gail Jarrow.

Publication Info.	Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, [2010]
	�2010

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Description	109 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Summary	Describes the contributions made to the Union's efforts in the Civil War by Thaddeus Lowe and a corps of hot air balloonists who helped spy on the Confederate army, despite becoming targets in the war themselves.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-103) and index.
Contents	Eye in the sky -- Following the clouds -- Aeronaut over Washington -- Balloon Corps is born -- "The most shot-at man in the war" -- Into battle -- Final conflict -- Grounded.
Audience	1060 Lexile.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.8 3.0 138139.
	Reading Counts RC 6-8 9.5 8 Quiz: 50127.
Subject	Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913 -- Juvenile literature.
	Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913.
	Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913.
	Aeronautics, Military -- History.
	Ballooning -- History.
	Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Ballooning -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Balloons -- Juvenile literature.
	Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile literature.
	Balloons -- History.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Balloons.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Aerial operations.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
ISBN	9781590787199 library binding
	1590787196 library binding