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The Bishop's boys: a life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

By Wilbur , Crouch , Orville;Wright , Tom D.;Wright

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN
9780393347463, 039334746X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3780374 bytes)
Pages
(606 pages) : illustrations, portraits\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1867-1912;Aeronautics -- United States -- Biogr-- 1871-1948;WrightAeronautics;Aeronautics--United States;TRANSPORTATOrvilleWilbur

Description

The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of Wright family correspondence and diaries, Tom Crouch skillfully weaves the story of the airplane's invention into the drama of a unique and unforgettable family. He shows us exactly how and why these two obscure bachelors from Dayton, Ohio, were able to succeed where so many better-trained, better-financed rivals had failed.

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