With the seemingly infinite number of books about the Titanic
being released this year, it was refreshing to read an account
of another famous disaster of technology, the crash of the
mighty luxury airship the Hindenburg in 1937. Told from the
point of view of Werner Franz, a 14-year old cabin boy serving
on the vessel, this handsomely illustrated picture book shows
Werner's life on board the luxurious vessel as the ship prepares
to land in the United States on its three day journey. But while
Werner puts dishes away in the kitchen and the Hindenburg crew
prepared for the landing, something goes terribly wrong, and
suddenly Werner finds himself alone in the bow of the ship, with
a giant fireball behind him. Can Werner escape the inferno? This
exciting tale is well captured in this picture book for older
readers. The author includes both a preface and an afterword,
which gives information on other survivors, more on what
happened to young Werner, and Hindenburg memorials. This book is
written by Larry Verstrae