The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Description : A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight.&nbsp This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two men with little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, follows their interest from a young age in the developing field of aeronautics.&nbsp Russell Freedman&#8217s writing brings the brothers&#8217 personalities to life, enhancing the record of events with excerpts from the brothers&#8217 writing and correspondence, and accounts of those who knew them.Chronicling their lives from their early mechanical work on toys and bicycles through the development of several flyers, The Wright Brothers follows the siblings through their achievements&#8212not only the first powered, sustained, controlled airplane flight, but the numerous improvements and enhancements that followed, their revolutionary airplane business, and the long legacy of that first brief flight. Illustrated with numerous historical photographs&#8212many taken by the Wright brothers themselves&#8212this is a concise, extremely reader-friendly introduction to these important American inventors. Includes a note on the Wright brothers&#8217 photographs, as well as recommendation for further reading and learning.