Wilbur and Orville : a biography of the Wright brothers
Definitive, crisply written study tells the full story of the brothers' lives & work-from their early childhood & initial fascination with flight, the years of experimenting with gliders & the historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, to the bitter patent fight & legal battles that followed. A vividly written biography, unparalleled in scope & color, that also captures the spirit of an extraordinary era
Biographies
xii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780486402970, 0486402975
39085427
Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, 1988
"Contains a new preface by the author written especially for this Dover edition"--Title page verso