Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1479597872 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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From a sandy North Carolina dune to mid air É Two cartoon flies join eBook readers as they follow Orville and Wilbur Wright on their quest for flight, providing a hearty blend of facts and fun while telling the story of a great moment in American and aviation history.
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1479597910 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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From a sandy North Carolina dune to mid air É Two cartoon flies join eBook readers as they follow Orville and Wilbur Wright on their quest for flight, providing a hearty blend of facts and fun while telling the story of a great moment in American and aviation history.
Author: Caryn Jenner Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) ISBN: 9780789495419 Category : Aeronautics Languages : en Pages : 0
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The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright is told, taking readers back to the brothers' childhood in rural Ohio when they became determined to build a machine that could fly. Illustrations. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 6.0, 1 Point.
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1515816672 Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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From Boston to Charlestown to Lexington ó Paul Revere's historic midnight ride takes on a new level of excitement when seen first-hand through the eyes of two cartoon flies. Equal parts fact and fun whisk eBook readers through one of the key events of the American Revolution.
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1515816702 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Across fields, over fences, and through dark forests ó Two cartoon flies accompany eBook readers as they follow Harriet Tubman's daring escape from slavery, providing equal measure of facts and fun while telling the story of this heroic moment in American history.
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1479597864 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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Huddled below deck, battling stormy seas and hunger É Joined by two cartoon flies and their factual narrative infused with kid-friendly fun, eBook readers feel the Pilgrims' hardships first-hand as the Mayflower makes its long, historic journey across the Atlantic from England to America.
Author: Lawrence Goldstone Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345538056 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 450
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From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation. The feud between this nation’s great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other, an audacious motorcycle racer whose innovative aircraft became synonymous in the public mind with death-defying stunts. For more than a decade, they battled each other in court, at air shows, and in the newspapers. The outcome of this contest of wills would shape the course of aviation history—and take a fearsome toll on the men involved. Birdmen sets the engrossing story of the Wrights’ war with Curtiss against the thrilling backdrop of the early years of manned flight, and is rich with period detail and larger-than-life personalities: Thomas Scott Baldwin, or “Cap’t Tom” as he styled himself, who invented the parachute and almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, the dapper daredevil who took to the skies after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador, then quickly emerged as a celebrity flyer; and Harriet Quimby, the statuesque silent-film beauty who became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. And then there is Lincoln Beachey, perhaps the greatest aviator who ever lived, who dazzled crowds with an array of trademark twists and dives—and best embodied the romance with death that fueled so many of aviation’s earliest heroes. A dramatic story of unimaginable bravery in the air and brutal competition on the ground, Birdmen is at once a thrill ride through flight’s wild early years and a surprising look at the personal clash that fueled America’s race to the skies. Praise for Birdmen “A meticulously researched account of the first few hectic, tangled years of aviation and the curious characters who pursued it . . . a worthy companion to Richard Holmes’s marvelous history of ballooning, Falling Upwards.”—Time “The daredevil scientists and engineers who forged the field of aeronautics spring vividly to life in Lawrence Goldstone’s history.”—Nature “The history of the development of an integral part of the modern world and a fascinating portrayal of how a group of men and women achieved a dream that had captivated humanity for centuries.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Captivating and wonderfully presented . . . a fine book about these rival pioneers.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] vivid story of invention, vendettas, derring-do, media hype and patent fights [with] modern resonance.”—Financial Times “A powerful story that contrasts soaring hopes with the anchors of ego and courtroom.”—Kirkus Reviews “A riveting narrative about the pioneering era of aeronautics in America and beyond . . . Goldstone raises questions of enduring importance regarding innovation and the indefinite exertion of control over ideas that go public.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author: William Hazelgrove Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 1633884597 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 334
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This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright brothers myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first "flying machine." How could two misanthropic brothers who never left home, were high-school dropouts, and made a living as bicycle mechanics have figured out the secret of manned flight? This new history of the Wright brothers' monumental accomplishment focuses on their early years of trial and error at Kitty Hawk (1900-1903) and Orville Wright's epic fight with the Smithsonian Institute and Glenn Curtis. William Hazelgrove makes a convincing case that it was Wilbur Wright who designed the first successful airplane, not Orville. He shows that, while Orville's role was important, he generally followed his brother's lead and assisted with the mechanical details to make Wilbur's vision a reality. Combing through original archives and family letters, Hazelgrove reveals the differences in the brothers' personalities and abilities. He examines how the Wright brothers myth was born when Wilbur Wright died early and left his brother to write their history with personal friend John Kelly. The author notes the peculiar inwardness of their family life, business and family problems, bouts of depression, serious illnesses, and yet, rising above it all, was Wilbur's obsessive zeal to test out his flying ideas. When he found Kitty Hawk, this desolate location on North Carolina's Outer Banks became his laboratory. By carefully studying bird flight and the Rubik's Cube of control, Wilbur cracked the secret of aerodynamics and achieved liftoff on December 17, 1903. Hazelgrove's richly researched and well-told tale of the Wright brothers' landmark achievement, illustrated with rare historical photos, captures the excitement of the times at the start of the "American century."
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1515816109 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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From a launchpad in Florida to the lunar surface ... Two cartoon flies join readers as they blast off into space and step foot on the moon with Neil Armstrong, providing a blend of facts and fun while telling the story of a great moment in space-exploration history.
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Author: Caryn Jenner
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Author: Lawrence Goldstone
Author: William Hazelgrove
Author: Wendie C. Old
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe