The Wright brothers
Subtitle: how they invented the airplane
By: Russell Freedman ; with original photographs by Wilbur and Orville Wright
Contributors: Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, ill; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780823408757; 9780823410828
Subjects: Aeronautics; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.

Newbery Honor Book, 1992
Table of contents: title: What Amos Root saw; title: Wilbur and Orville; title: Art of flying; title: Wind and sand; title: Back to the drawing board; title: Horsepower and propellers; title: First practical airplane; title: Fliers or liars?; title: conquering heroes; title: Age of flight; title: About the photographs; title: Places to visit; title: Further reading; title: Index.