To build a bird
Subtitle: the quest for human flight
By: written by Sharon Holland ; edited by Randal M. Heise.
Contributors: Heise, Randal M.
Series: Journey to the stars
Publisher: Rourke Corp.
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Windermere, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Flying-machines -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Flying machines -- History.; Flight -- History.; Aeronautics -- History.
Description: Relates man's efforts to fly from the first real flying machine built by two French brothers in 1783 to the first flight of the Wright brothers in 1903.