Published: 2020-07-22

Towards an unknown part of the sky... Books reporting on Polish participation in the Gordon Bennett Cup ballooning race

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Abstract

The paper describes two books containing accounts on participation in the International Gordon Bennett Cup ballooning race: “Kościuszko” nad Ameryką [“Kościuszko” above America] by Zbigniew Burzyński (1934) and Balonem “LOPP” nad Morze Białe [Above the White Sea in the “LOPP” balloon] by Stanisław Brenk (1937). The Polish achievements in the competition had a significant impact on the interest in ballooning in the interwar period. The texts discussed in the paper are visibly inspired by reportage and travel novels. The books had a propaganda nature: intended for the young reader, they highlighted the attractiveness of the army and the importance of the Polish army in the world.

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Paczkowski, M. (2020). Towards an unknown part of the sky. Books reporting on Polish participation in the Gordon Bennett Cup ballooning race. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 25(1), 261–269. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2020.25.19

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Olga Tokarczuk

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2020)
Published: 2020-07-30


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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