Professor william waterman sherman biography
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Professor william waterman sherman biography
The Twenty-One Balloons
1947 book by William Pène du Bois
The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in Americanchildren's literature in 1948.
The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa, an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions. The events and ideas are based both on scientific fact and imagination, and the descriptions are accompanied by illustrations by du Bois.
The novel depicts the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.
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Plot summary
The introduction compares two types of journeys: one that aims to reach a place within the shortest time, and another that begins without regard to speed and without a destination in mind. Balloon travel is said to be ideal for the second kind.
The main story begins with the rescue of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who is picked up by a steamship while floating among a