The Bishop's Boys - A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

Informationen zum Autor Tom D. Crouch , author of The Bishop's Boys and A Dream of Wings , is curator emeritus of the aeronautics division at the National Air & Space Museum. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.

Product details

• Authors: Tom D Crouch, Tom D. Crouch, Crouch Tom D.
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.1991
• EAN: 9780393306958
• ISBN: 978-0-393-30695-8
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / General, Biography: general, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical, United States of America, USA, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Aircraft and aviation, Aircraft: general interest