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LocationOakland
Call NoE TRANSPORTATION GENERAL
TitleUnconventional vehicles : forty-five of the strangest submersibles, dirigibles, cars, trains, planes, and rockets ever / by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Hans Jenssen.
AuthorHearst, Michael, 1972- author.
Barcode527316
CollectionEasy Transportation
Summary"In this illustrated compendium, readers will learn about forty-five of the strangest, most unconventional vehicles that have ever existed--from submersibles to dirigibles, and everything in between"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781452172866 (alk. paper)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 23 629.04/6
Personal Name Hearst, Michael, 1972- author.
Title Statement Unconventional vehicles : forty-five of the strangest submersibles, dirigibles, cars, trains, planes, and rockets ever / by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Hans Jenssen.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, LLC, [2021]
Physical Description 97 p. Hardcover 28.5 cm.
Content Type rdacontent text txt
Media Type rdamedia unmediated n
Carrier Type rdacarrier volume nc
Formatted Contents Note Airboard personal hovercraft -- Airbus Beluga -- Airfish 8 -- Autoalveare -- Bathyscaphe Trieste -- Beer bike -- Bell X-1 -- Bertha : tunnel-boring machine -- Big wind -- Domicopter -- E-Ship 1 -- Elemment Palazzo -- Flying cathedral -- Flying jellyfish -- Gas-turbine motorcycle -- Graf Zeppelin -- Hammetschwand elevator -- Handcar -- Helios prototype solar-powered aircraft -- Human Cannonball truck -- Hyperloop -- HZ-1 aerocycle -- Jail wagon -- Jet pack -- Jet train -- Krupp Bagger 288 -- Liberty One steam-powered rocket -- Lockheed XFV -- Monowheel -- Moon buggy -- Onewheel electric rideable -- Ostrich carriage -- Ripsaw -- Scubadoo : Breathing Observation Bubble (BOB) -- Solar-powered race car -- Stoopidtaller -- Strollon stroller -- Swallowable wireless camera -- The turtle -- USS Zumwalt -- Voyager 1 and 2 -- Walking truck -- Winston Wong bio-inspired ice vehicle -- Zamboni -- Zil-2906.
Summary, Etc. "In this illustrated compendium, readers will learn about forty-five of the strangest, most unconventional vehicles that have ever existed--from submersibles to dirigibles, and everything in between"-- Provided by publisher.
Target Audience Note Age 8-12.
Target Audience Note Grades 4 to 6.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Motor vehicles Juvenile literature. Miscellanea
Added Entry, Personal Name Jenssen, Hans, 1963- illustrator.