Question 1 of 10 What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
A. To list all the wrongdoings of the king so that the British people
would put him on trial
B. To scold the king for not protecting the people's rights and to ask
him to make changes
C. To establish a new government that worked in the best interests
of the colonists
D. To create a new set of laws for the people that British colonists
had to respect

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.