Author: William Henry WrightPublisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
History of the Wright family, who are descendants of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Mass.
Author: William Henry WrightPublisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The History of the Wright Family
Author: Thomas H. WrightThe Wright Brothers for Kids
Author: Mary Kay CarsonPublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613743157
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still hadn’t ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air flying machine. Woven throughout the heartwarming story of the two brothers are activities that highlight their ingenuity and problem-solving abilities as they overcame many obstacles to achieve controlled flight. The four forces of flight—lift, thrust, gravity, and drag—and how the Wright brothers mastered them are explained in clear, simple text. Activities include making a Chinese flying top, building a kite, bird watching, and designing a paper glider, and culminate with an activity in which readers build a rubber-band-powered flyer. Included are photographs just released from the Wright brothers’ personal collection, along with diagrams and illustrations. The history of human flight and its pioneers, a time line, and a complete resource section for students are also provided.
The Wright Brothers
Author: David McCulloughPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476728763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers—bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that the age of flight had begun, with the first powered machine carrying a pilot. Orville and Wilbur Wright were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity. When they worked together, no problem seemed to be insurmountable. Wilbur was unquestionably a genius. Orville had such mechanical ingenuity as few had ever seen. That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off, they risked being killed. In this “enjoyable, fast-paced tale” (The Economist), master historian David McCullough “shows as never before how two Ohio boys from a remarkable family taught the world to fly” (The Washington Post) and “captures the marvel of what the Wrights accomplished” (The Wall Street Journal). He draws on the extensive Wright family papers to profile not only the brothers but their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them. Essential reading, this is “a story of timeless importance, told with uncommon empathy and fluency…about what might be the most astonishing feat mankind has ever accomplished…The Wright Brothers soars” (The New York Times Book Review).
Early History of the Wright Family
Author: The Wright Family History, 1490-1909
Author: Martha Wright MorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Wright Brothers
Author: Leopard BooksPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530433551
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough | A 15-Minute Summary & Analysis Preview:In the outskirts of North Carolina, on a small hamlet barely inhabitable and just shy of the stone age, history would take a flying leap into the vast unknown. A daring gamble that would test the very limits of the possible and for once cement the notion that conquering impossibility was just one risk away. On 1903, on a remote spot of land, besieged by winds and winter weather, modern age of aviation was born. Kitty Hawk secured its spot in the annals of history when two adventurous brothers overcame gravity and proved that flight was no longer the sole domain of the birds. Their names were Wilbur and Orville, and they would forever be called "The Wright Brothers."David McCullough's latest book once more proves that the Pulitzer garnered writer is not only a force to be reckoned with, but quite possibly the absolute authority as far as historical fictions are concerned. His meticulous, almost painstaking study into the lives of the two pioneering auto-didactics that rewrote the laws of aerodynamics is nothing short of a thrilling romance set in an a particular age; the age of invention. A romance of men and creativity. A period in American history where the outflow of patents and breakthroughs flowed like honey onto a continuously gobsmacked nation. PLEASE NOTE: This is a Summary and Analysis of the book and NOT the original book. This companion includes the following: - Book Review- Character List- Summary of the Chapters- Discussion Questions- Analysis of Themes & Symbols This Analysis fills the gap, making you understand more while enhancing your reading experience.
Religious Telescope
Author: That Wright Family!
Author: Ruth Lyons BrookshirePublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 146690576X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
To commemorate Wilbur's death in 1912, "That Wright Family!" examines the life of the Wright Brothers and their family from Wilbur's birth in 1867 to Orville's death in 1948, (from making kites to watching jets fly overhead). While most Wright books concentrate in the Kitty Hawk flight and technology, fictional neighbors share their observations and attitudes on the Wright family dynamics before and after the December 1903 flight plus Orville's determination to maintain privacy and to assure recognition of the Wright Brothers' achievements.
History of the Wright Family, Harrisville, NH
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harrisville (N.H. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description