{"product_id":"the-balloonist-paperback","title":"The Balloonist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMacDonald Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1976 Farrar Strauss published the 5th novel by an American writer who had been gathering momentum on both sides of the Atlantic. It was both an intense love story and a Jules Verne-type science fiction adventure, centered on an attempt by a Swedish scientist, an American journalist and a French speaking adventurer to become the first people to set foot on the North Pole. To arrive there and return, borne on the wind by a huge red and white hydrogen balloon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book was a critical sensation, and was runner-up for the National Book Awards in 1977. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat was not known at the time of first publication, nor indeed when Galileo reissued this extraordinary book in 2011, was that the author had actually based this fiction on a real event: the 1897 attempt by S. A Andr?e to fly to the North Pole. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a new edition, the first in a uniform presentation of selected Harris works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261460463865,"sku":"9781915530585","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3SXvQIJQIK9781915530585.webp?v=1768797649","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-balloonist-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}