Kitty Hawk
Subtitle: the flight of the Wright brothers
By: Karen Price Hossell.
Series: Point of impact
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Juvenile literature.; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Juvenile literature.; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.; Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Aeronautics -- History.; Aeronautics -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Explores the history of human flight, from the first experiments at Kitty Hawk to superjumbo jets, focusing on the contributions made by the Wright Brothers and featuring first-hand accounts of early pilots and observers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: The flight at Kitty Hawk; title: Early flight; title: Men with wings; title: The Wright brothers; title: Bicycles and birds; title: Kitty Hawk: 1900; title: Kitty Hawk: 1901 and 1902; title: Kitty Hawk: 1903; title: The flights that followed; title: Into the air again; title: Across the Channel and into war; title: Wings over the world; title: Speed and stealth.