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The Wright Brothers:How they Invented the airplane
[Paperback - 1991]
russell freedman
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Publisher: Holiday House | ISBN: 9780823410828 | Pages: 144
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A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight. 

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.  Russell Freedman’s writing brings the brothers’ personalities to life, enhancing the record of events with excerpts from the brothers’ 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—not 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—many taken by the Wright brothers themselves—this is a concise, extremely reader-friendly introduction to these important American inventors.

Includes a note on the Wright brothers’ photographs, as well as recommendation for further reading and learning.

About the Author

Russell A. Freedman was an American biographer and the author of nearly 50 books for young people. He may be known best for winning the 1988 Newbery Medal with his workLincoln: A Photobiography.He grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California, Berkeley, and then worked as a reporter and editor for the Associated Press and as a publicity writer. His nonfiction books ranged in subject from the lives and behaviors of animals to people in history. Freeedman's work has earned him several awards, including a Newbery Honor each forEleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discoveryin 1994 andThe Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplanein 1992, and a Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal.Freedman traveled extensively throughout the world to gather information and inspiration for his books. His book,Confucius: The Golden Rulewas inspired by his extensive travels through Mainland China, where he visited Confucius' hometown in modern day QuFu, in the Shantung Province.

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