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020 _a9781476728742 (hardcover)
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_cPSt
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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aTL540. W7
_bM3825 2015
100 1 _aMcCullough, David G.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Wright brothers /
_cDavid McCullough.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
260 _c2015
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2015.
300 _a320 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
520 _a"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.
600 1 0 _aWright, Orville,
_d1871-1948.
600 1 0 _aWright, Wilbur,
_d1867-1912.
650 0 _aAeronautics
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAeronautics
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
655 0 _2local
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_aPrint books.
942 _2lcc
_cBOOKS