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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51059086 Title: Magnificent failure : free fall from the edge of space Author: Craig Ryan Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, ©2003. ISBN/ISSN: 1588341410 9781588341419 OCLC:51059086

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Magnificent failure : free fall from the edge of space

Author:	Craig Ryan
Publisher:	Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, ©2003.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The strange, exhilarating, and haunting story of the man who broke the world record for manned balloon altitude.
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Subjects	Piantanida, Nicholas John, -- 1932-1966. Piantanida, Nicholas John. Balloonists -- United States -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography History Biographie
Named Person:	Nicholas John Piantanida; Nicholas John Piantanida; Nicholas John Piantanida
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Craig Ryan Find more information about:
ISBN:	1588341410 9781588341419
OCLC Number:	51059086
Description:	xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Responsibility:	Craig Ryan.

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The strange, exhilarating, and haunting story of the man who broke the world record for manned balloon altitude.

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