Tom D. Crouch

The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

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The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.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 t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-34746-3
EAN: 9780393347463
Produktnummer: 34247129
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 608 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'691 KB
Abbildungen: 50 b/w photographs

Über den Autor

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.