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To conquer the air

the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight
2003
Tells the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright's long and successful quest to prove manned flight was possible, providing insights into their lives and characters, and discussing the competitors and supporters who spurred them on.

Grand eccentrics

turning the century : Dayton and the inventing of America
1996

Dawn over Kitty Hawk

a novel of the Wright brothers
2005
Boyne captures the passions of the people in aviation's earliest days who risked - and sometimes lost - everything to accomplish the impossible.

Birdmen

the Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the battle to control the skies

The Wright brothers

heirs of Prometheus
1978

The flyers

in search of Wilbur and Orville Wright
2003
Noah Adams chronicles the experiences he had while traveling the United States, trying to piece together the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

The Wright brothers

2008
A graphic novel exploration of the lives, inventions, and accomplishments of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Ohio brothers who invented the airplane.

The Wright brothers

how they invented the airplane
1993
Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

Los hermanos Wright

2005
Presents a short biography on aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright and profiles their early fascination with gadgets that led to the greater challenges of powered flight.

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