To Conquer the Air - The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight (Paperback, 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed)

James Tobin, award-winning author of "Ernie Pyle's War" and "The Man He Became," has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.
For years, Wilbur Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in obscurity, supported only by their exceptional family. Meanwhile, the world watched as Samuel Langley, armed with a contract from the US War Department and all the resources of the Smithsonian Institution, sought to create the first manned flying machine. But while Langley saw flight as a problem of power, the Wrights saw a problem of balance. Thus their machines took two very different paths--Langley's toward oblivion, the Wrights' toward the heavens--though not before facing countless other obstacles. With a historian's accuracy and a novelist's eye, Tobin has captured an extraordinary moment in history. "To Conquer the Air" is itself a heroic achievement.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2004
First published:	May 2004
Authors:	James Tobin
Dimensions:	224 x 133 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	464
Edition:	1st Free Press trade pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7432-5536-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	0-7432-5536-4
Barcode:	9780743255363

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