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The fate of Donaldson and Grimwood, in a balloon voyage from Chicago. : Written from the facts as developed during the preparations and departure of the balloon, and from the notes of Grimwood, as well as from the fact of the balloon floundering on midlake, as seen by the men Anderssen and Rasmussen, the captain and mate of the litte schooner guide, and from the experience of falling into the sea and into lakes by the writer of this narrative

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1875.
Call number: 721520
Creator: Wise, John (1808-1879)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 19 cm
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