Format:
Book
Author:
McCullough, David G., author.
Title:
The Wright brothers / David McCullough.
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2016]
©2015
Description:
320 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary:
On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers--bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio--changed history. Orville and Wilbur were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity. When they worked together, no problem seemed to be insurmountable. Wilbur was unquestionably a genius. Orville had mechanical ingenuity. That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air.
Subjects:
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings -- The dream takes hold -- Where the winds blow -- Unyielding resolve -- December 17, 1903 -- Out at Huffman prairie -- A capital exhibit A -- Triumph at Le Mans -- The crash -- A time like no other -- Causes for celebration -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
9781476728759 (paperback)
1476728755 (paperback)
Other Number:
950969273
System Availability:
5
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3491664
Call Number:
629.130092/273
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
5