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Author Freedman, Russell.

Title The Wright brothers : how they invented the airplane / Russell Freedman ; with original photographs by Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Publication Info. New York : Holiday House, [1991]
©1991
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1463310~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Biography  J BIO WRIGHT    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Biography  J BIO WRIGHT    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO WRIGHT    AVAILABLE
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Description 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index.
Audience 1160L Lexile
Note 1160L Lexile
Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 4 5913
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 4 5913
Awards Newbery Honor Book, 1992
Contents What Amos Root saw -- Wilbur and Orville -- The art of flying -- Wind and sand -- Back to the drawing board -- Horsepower and propellers -- The first practical airplane -- Fliers or liars? -- The conquering heroes -- The age of flight -- About the photographs -- Places to visit -- For further reading -- Index.
Summary Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Subject Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Juvenile literature.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, illustrator.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, illustrator.
ISBN 082341082X (pbk.)
9780823410828 (pbk.)
1435285972 (Paw Prints)
9781435285972 (Paw Prints)
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