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

Tom D. Crouch (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2003
608 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-34746-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 to succeed where so many better-trained, better-financed rivals had failed.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.4.2003
• Zusatzinfo: 50 b/w photographs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Airplane • American • aviation • Biography • charlie taylor • Dayton • Family • Flight • flying machine • Glider • hammondsport • inventors • Kitty Hawk • milton wright • Octave Chanute • Ohio • Orville Wright • Plane • samuel langley • wilbur wright • wing warping • wright brothers
• ISBN-10: 0-393-34746-X / 039334746X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-34746-3 / 9780393347463