Wilbur and Orvilleby Fred Howard | |
| Category: |
"U.S. History - Cultural" |
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| Pages: | 446 |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Date Read: | 09/09/1989 |
| Notes: | The amazing story of how two bicycle mechanics from Ohio stunned the world with the first flight — taking off from the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. Howard tells the full story of the brother's lives up to, including, and after their historic flight — and of the French, English and American inventors, both brilliant and bizzare, who raced to be the first to fly, the charlatans and profiteers who surrounded them, the stunts and disasters that were part of early flight. A glorious portrait of the pair of brothers who made man airborne. |
| My Rating: | 9 |