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Summary: The Quickest Way to Learn the Wrights Story
Review: When I began working on a documentary about the WRight Brothers, this book was recommended to me by a descendant of the Wright Family as the best short version of the Wright Brothers story. I heartily agree. Great pictures accompany a text that manages to tell the whole story without ever getting bogged down. Good for kids and adults who are curious to know the whole story.
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Summary: The Wright Brothers is probably the best book ever written
Review: Wilbur Wright, the brother with visions, invented the airplane along with Orville Wright, the brother who loved to tinker. Wilbur once said, " My brother Orville and myself lived together, played together and, in fact thought together." Wilbur and Orville persevered in their struggle against Mother Nature, the public opinion, and failed flights and experiments to fulfill their dream of making a flying machine.
This biography tells the story of the lives of the Wright brothers, from the time they were little boys tinkering with toys, to when they finally sold their marvelous invention to the United States government. This book shows how the airplane started out as a glider, then evolved into a plane that stayed in the air for 5 seconds, and finally into a plane that stayed in the air for an hour and 13 minutes. It also explains how getting the government to buy their plane was a difficult task because it had already spent $70,000 on another person who tried to invent the airplane. Luckily, the government said yes after the Wright brothers had built a better plane. This book also contains miraculous pictures of Wilbur and Orville's flights and failures.
I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys biographies or who wants to sit back and relax with a good book. This book is an all around good read but what especially sticks out is that it shows that if you put your mind to something you can always accomplish it, no matter how difficult the task.
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Summary: The "Right" Book
Review: With a Newbury Book Award -- and now my recommendation as well -- it's tough to go wrong with this book. Hundreds of excellent black-and-white photographs, many of them taken by the Wright Brothers themselves, ornate this well-written account of the Wright Brothers and how they invented the airplane.Part biography (a favorite genre of mine )...part picture book (a favorite of mine)....the book is also well-wriiten. The book gives good credit to all those who came before the WB...Chanute, Lilienthal, et. al.... Everyone knows about the WBs...but one needs to read about them again as an adult to fully appreciate the magnatude and perspective of their effort and invention. I think the WB capture the best of the American spirit ...hard work, invention, adventure, teamwork, determination... A good read...follow it up with the Spirit of St. Louis!
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Summary: The "Right" Book
Review: With a Newbury Book Award -- and now my recommendation as well -- it's tough to go wrong with this book. Hundreds of excellent black-and-white photographs, many of them taken by the Wright Brothers themselves, ornate this well-written account of the Wright Brothers and how they invented the airplane. Part biography (a favorite genre of mine )...part picture book (a favorite of mine)....the book is also well-wriiten. The book gives good credit to all those who came before the WB...Chanute, Lilienthal, et. al.... Everyone knows about the WBs...but one needs to read about them again as an adult to fully appreciate the magnatude and perspective of their effort and invention. I think the WB capture the best of the American spirit ...hard work, invention, adventure, teamwork, determination... A good read...follow it up with the Spirit of St. Louis!
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