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Unconventional vehicles : forty-five of the strangest cars, trains, planes, submersibles, dirigibles, and rockets ever / by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Hans Jenssen.

Hearst, Michael, 1972- (author.). Jenssen, Hans, 1963- (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1452172862
  • ISBN: 9781452172866
  • Physical Description: 97 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books LLC, [2021].

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
A few words from Michael -- Official list -- 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 airship -- Hammetschwand elevator -- Handcar -- Helios Solar 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 -- Solar-powered race car -- Stoopidtaller -- Strollon stroller -- Swallowable wireless camera -- The Turtle -- USS Zumwalt -- Voyager -- Walking truck -- Winston Wong Ice Vehicle -- Zamboni -- Zil-2906 -- A closing word or two.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 4 to 6.
Age 8-12.
1080L Lexile
Subject:
Motor vehicles > Juvenile literature.
Motor vehicles > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Vehicles > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Vehicles > History > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Illustrated works.
Instructional and educational works.
Trivia and miscellanea.

Available copies

  • 20 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 4 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 24 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library J629.04 HEA (Text) 36015000047817 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library J629.04 HEA (Text) 36015000047759 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library J629.04 HEA (Text) 36015000047635 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library J629.04 HEA (Text) 36015000047692 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J629.04 H (Text) 39493110026624 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Black Mountain Library j629.046 HEA (Text) 0020660347673 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Cliffdale Library J629.046 H (Text) 31781065818500 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Columbus Library J 629.046 HEA (Text) 31250200078410 Juvenile Nonfiction Checked out 08/10/2026
Enka-Candler Library j629.046 HEA (Text) 0020513008670 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Fairview Library j629.046 HEA (Text) 0020512857051 Juvenile Nonfiction Checked out 07/28/2026

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520 . ‡a"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"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
521 . ‡aGrades 4 to 6.
5211 . ‡aAge 8-12.
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