E-book
The Wright brothers
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476728766
- ISBN: 1476728763
- ISBN: 9781471150395
- ISBN: 1471150399
- ISBN: 9781476728742
- ISBN: 1476728747
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource. - Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2015]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Beginnings -- 2. The dream takes hold -- 3. Where the winds blow -- 4. Unyielding resolve -- 5. December 17, 1903 -- 6. Out at Huffman prairie -- 7. A capital exhibit A -- 8. Triumph at Le Mans -- 9. The crash -- 10. A time like no other -- 11. Causes for celebration -- Epilogue. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Wright, Orville -- 1871-1948 Wright, Wilbur -- 1867-1912 Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography |
| Genre: | Biographies. Electronic books. |
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Summary:
"As he did so brilliantly in THE GREAT BRIDGE and THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS, David McCullough once again tells a dramatic story of people and technology, this time about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly, Wilbur and Orville Wright"--Provided by publisher.
