The Wright Brothers
[New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2015]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 8 sound discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
On December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright's Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The Age of Flight had begun. How did they do it? And why? David McCullough tells the extraordinary and truly American story of the two brothers who changed the world.
Subjects:
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781442376083
UPC: 9781442376083
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD BIOGRAPHY Wright Family | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
CD BIOGRAPHY Wright Family | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
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Director and producer, Christina Zarafonitis ; associate producer, Michael Noble.
Read by the author.
Compact disc.
Sound recording.
Director and producer, Christina Zarafonitis ; associate producer, Michael Noble.
Read by the author.