West of Java
The Twenty-One Balloons
By William Sherman Pène du Bois
11 May, 2025
Because My Tears Are Delicious To You
William Pène du Bois’ 1947 novel The Twenty-One Balloons is a Newbery-award-winning juvenile comedy adventure.
How did Professor William Waterman Sherman, late of San Francisco, end up floating in the North Atlantic on a raft composed of the wreckage of a flotilla of balloons? The question holds 1893 America1 in thrall!