Books with title The Noon Balloon

Would you take a ride in a hot air balloon that mysteriously appears in your front yard late at night? Vera decides to do just that, if only because her family thinks the balloon is all in her dreams. Two stowaways, a theft, and consumption of questionable food later, Vera is ready to return home. But there is a slight problem. Of course. This 110 page book contains a few black and white illustrations and many unnecessary chapter titles.

He watches her come and go, the girl with the balloons, into the place he calls limbo. Until one day, she’s closer than she ever was before, explaining why she lets them go, those colorful balloons.One spring day of some year, a boy finds his own personal limbo invaded by a girl with an odd ritual of releasing balloons in the air. Will the boy find out the mystery behind her intriguing ritual, or will he just watch the balloon girl from afar?

“The Balloon-Hoax” is the title now used for a newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason’s trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a hot air balloon. It was later revealed as a hoax and the story was retracted two days later. Poe himself describes the enthusiasm his story had aroused: he claims that the Sun building was “besieged” by people wanting copies of the newspaper. “I never witnessed more intense excitement to get possession of a newspaper,” he wrote. The story’s impact reflects on the period’s infatuation with progress.

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.