Rollo and the Windwright's Voyage

Adventure is rising on the wind. When a mysterious traveling aeronaut lands his patched-together hot air balloon in the Holiday family's snow-crusted meadow, young Rollo's world of childhood science experiments (valves, pumps, pressure, gravitation) suddenly becomes real, dangerous, and airborne. This is a 19th century adventure novel of flight, discovery, and family: a coming-of-age story steeped...