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airplane
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Author_Tom D. Crouch
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family
flight
flying machine
glider
hammondsport
inventors
kitty hawk
milton wright
octave chanute
ohio
orville wright
plane
samuel langley
wilbur wright
wing warping
wright brothers
Product details
- ISBN 9780393306958
- Weight: 912g
- Dimensions: 157 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 May 1991
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of Wright family correspondence and diaries, Tom Crouch skillfully weaves the story of the airplane's invention into the drama of a unique and unforgettable family. He shows us exactly how and why these two obscure bachelors from Dayton, Ohio, were able to succeed where so many better-trained, better-financed rivals had failed.
Tom D. Crouch, author of The Bishop's Boys and A Dream of Wings, is curator emeritus of the aeronautics division at the National Air & Space Museum. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.
