Richard Holmes doesn’t pretend that his newest book is a “conventional history of ballooning.” And in many ways, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air is a literary imitation of a balloon's flight.

Named one of Kirkus Review's best books of 2013 and one of Time magazine's 10 top nonfiction books of 2013, “Falling Upwards” follows the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts, the daring and ...

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At the beginning of “Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air,” Richard Holmes announces a literary ambition to match the aerial ambition of his air balloon pilots and pioneers, by offering a lengthy ...

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Daniel Stashower's most recent book is "The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War." ‘Show me a balloon and I’ll show you a story; quite often a tall one,” Richard ...