The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane-Fast Shipping

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A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight.

This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two menwith little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, followstheir interest from a young age in the developing field of aeronautics. Russell Freedman’s writing brings the brothers’ personalities to life,enhancing the record of events with excerpts from the brothers’ writingand correspondence, and accounts of those who knew them.

Chronicling their lives from their early mechanical work on toys and bicycles through the development of several flyers, The Wright Brothers follows the siblings through their achievements—not only the firstpowered, sustained, controlled airplane flight, but the numerousimprovements and enhancements that followed, their revolutionaryairplane business, and the long legacy of that first brief flight.

Illustrated with numerous historical photographs—many taken by theWright brothers themselves—this is a concise, extremely reader-friendlyintroduction to these important American inventors.

Includes a note on the Wright brothers’ photographs, as well as recommendation for further reading and learning.