Record details

• ISBN: 0810942674
• ISBN: 9780810942677
• Physical Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some. color) ; 30 cm
• Publisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, from July 4 to Sept. 7, 2003 and at the Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, fron Nov. 1, 2003 to Jan. 11, 2004.

Formatted Contents Note:

The desire to fly -- Lifting the world with a kite -- Kitty Hawk, 1903 : first flight -- Learning to fly : Huffman Prairie -- Fort Meyer : selling the military flyer -- Postcards from Europe -- Homecoming -- Return to Fort Meyer -- Records and wrecks -- Wilbur : a look back -- Kitty Hawk and other monuments -- Orville : a life in review -- The Kitty Hawk flyer in exile -- The Wright Brothers' social impact.

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Aeronautics > United States > Biography.
Wright Flyer (Airplane)

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