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The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright by Tom D Crouch Publisher Comments "Crouch (A Dream of Wings) interweaves family drama with the history of aviation in a riveting saga of ingenuity, competing claims, public adulation and technical innovation".--Publishers Weekly. Photographs.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Peter Busby Publisher Comments With an inspiring text, original paintings, period photographs, and detailed diagrams, First to Fly recreates the story of the Wright Brothers, from their earliest challenges to their final triumph.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and Her Famous Brothers by Maurer Publisher Comments Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the first flight, here is the first complete biography of the Wright Brothers' sister. Beloved sibling, confidant, and caregiver, Katharine managed many of her brothers' affairs. Based on a thorough study of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk by Walter J Boyne Publisher Comments Walter J. Boyne, the world's foremost historian on aviation and the former director of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, presents this fascinating, historically accurate, fictional account of all the cutthroat personalities who strived to be the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers by Fred Howard Publisher Comments Definitive, highly regarded study tells the full story of the brothers' lives and work before, during and after the historic flight at Kitty Hawk: early experiments and glider flights on Indiana sand dunes, exhilarating days on North Carolina's... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane by T A Heppenheimer Publisher Comments How did a couple of bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, accomplish what some of the greatest minds in the world had been trying and failing to achieve for an entire century? Dumb luck? Trial and error? Or were the Wright brothers superb engineers whose... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright by Noah Adams Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $3.75 Used - Hardcover
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On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight by Fred Culick Publisher Comments On the eve of the hundredth anniversary of the historic events at Kitty Hawk comes a splendidly illustrated account of the legendary twelve-second flight that changed the world forever. On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright took to the air for... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $8.25 Used - Hardcover
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Twelve Seconds to the Moon: A Story of the Wright Brothers by Catharine Fitzgerald and Rosamond Young Description Bibliography: p. [189]-190.... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wind & Sand: The Story of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk by Lynanne And Paula Degen. Wescott Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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