How do you cite sources in an essay?
Example: Six hundred of them, in countless shapes and colors, rise
above Balloon Fiesta Park during the annual 9-day period of "the world's biggest
and best" mass balloon liftoff (Ludmer 129)

Where did the Ludmer 129 come from?
(doing a research report. That sentence was from an example essay on hot air balloons)

Question

How do you cite sources in an essay?
Example: Six hundred of them, in countless shapes and colors, rise 
above Balloon Fiesta Park during the annual 9-day period of "the world's biggest 
and best" mass balloon liftoff (Ludmer 129)

Where did the Ludmer 129 come from?
(doing a research report. That sentence was from an example essay on hot air balloons)

anonymous · Answer

And this was in the bibliography "Ludmer, Larry. New Mexico Guide. Cold Spring Harbor: Open Road, 1999. Print. " Where did the 129 come from
????

anonymous · Answer

I'm guessing the source being cited is a book. 129 is the page number from where the information was pulled out.