Title The Wright brothers : how they invented the airplane / Russell Freedman ; with original photographs by Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Publication Info.	New York : Holiday House, [1991]
	©1991


Call No.	CH/YA Bio Freedm Wri 1991
Location	Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA Bio Freedm Wri 1991	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	129 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
	age Children
	age Children
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index.
Contents	What Amos Root saw -- Wilbur and Orville -- Art of flying -- Wind and sand -- Back to the drawing board -- Horsepower and propellers -- First practical airplane -- Fliers or liars? -- conquering heroes -- Age of flight -- About the photographs -- Places to visit -- Further reading -- Index.
Summary	Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Subject	Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Juvenile literature.
	Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Juvenile literature.
	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
	Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Aeronautics.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Biographies.
	Children's literature.
Added Author	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
	Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
ISBN	0823408752 : $16.95
	9780823408757
	082341082X paperback
	9780823410828 paperback