The Wright brothers / David McCullough.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 320 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781476728742 (hardcover)
- 1476728747 (hardcover)
- TL540. W7 M3825 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
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.
"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.