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Title: The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright ISBN: 0-8234-1082-X Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Wright Brothers is probably the best book ever written
Comment: Wilbur Wright, the brother with visions, invented the airplane along with Orville Wright, the brother who loved to tinker. Wilbur once said, " My brother Orville and myself lived together, played together and, in fact thought together." Wilbur and Orville persevered in their struggle against Mother Nature, the public opinion, and failed flights and experiments to fulfill their dream of making a flying machine.
This biography tells the story of the lives of the Wright brothers, from the time they were little boys tinkering with toys, to when they finally sold their marvelous invention to the United States government. This book shows how the airplane started out as a glider, then evolved into a plane that stayed in the air for 5 seconds, and finally into a plane that stayed in the air for an hour and 13 minutes. It also explains how getting the government to buy their plane was a difficult task because it had already spent $70,000 on another person who tried to invent the airplane. Luckily, the government said yes after the Wright brothers had built a better plane. This book also contains miraculous pictures of Wilbur and Orville's flights and failures.
I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys biographies or who wants to sit back and relax with a good book. This book is an all around good read but what especially sticks out is that it shows that if you put your mind to something you can always accomplish it, no matter how difficult the task.
Rating: 4
Summary: ***Good informative read***
Comment: I do not own this book but i have read it and it is very informative, has great rare photos! And i learned a lot about the Wright brothers, some things i should have proabably known before...If it weren't for them we would still be on the ground, or at least for a while longer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Read Me
Comment: I read The Wright Brothers by Russel Freedman. This book describes the lives of our countries aeronautical pioneers,
Wilbur and Orville Wright,and how they invented the first true airplane. From the time they were children, Wilbur and Orville lived together, played together, worked together ,and even thought together. From their tiny bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. to the Kitty Hawk Island sand dunes. These two men defied known ideas about flight and built their own self-propelled craft that soared them to fame. Even today, a little over a hundred years after their first self-propelled manned flight, these two men are remembered for their courage. I would recomend this book to anyone interested in either the Wright Brothers or the history of flight in general. If it were not for these two, man would not have gotten of the ground!
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Title: The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane with 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight by Mary Kay Carson, Laura D'Argo ISBN: 1556524773 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: How We Invented the Airplane : An Illustrated History by Orville Wright ISBN: 0486256626 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Robert Andrew Parker, Wendie C. Old ISBN: 061813347X Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 23 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Lincoln : A Photobiography by Russell Freedman ISBN: 0395518482 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: 25 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Taking Flight : The Story of the Wright Brothers by Stephen Krensky, Larry Day ISBN: 0689812248 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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