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Author:

Heppenheimer, T. A., 1947-

Title:

First flight : the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane / T.A. Heppenheimer.

Publisher:

Wiley,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Wright, Wilbur,--1867-1912.
Wright, Orville,--1871-1948.
Aeronautics--History.
Aeronautics.--Biography.
Airplanes--History.--History.
Aeronautical engineers--United States.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.

Contents:

Enter the Wrights -- Prophets with some honor -- Teachers and first lessons -- Hitting a wall -- "We now hold all the records!" -- Ambiguous success -- Return to Dayton -- Into the world -- Noon into twilight -- Inventiveness and invention.

ISBN:

9780471401247 (alk. paper)
0471401242 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51868139

LCCN:

2003268729

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

RQPC397 -- Panora Public Library (Panora)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)