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McCullough, David G.,
author.
The Wright brothers /
David McCullough.
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2015.
320 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations, maps ;
25 cm.
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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.
20240101.
Wright, Orville
1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur
1867-1912.
Aeronautics
United States
History
20th century.
Aeronautics
United States
Biography.
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