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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WRIFreedman, Russell.
Summary: Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 FREOld, Wendie C.
Summary: Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 OLDSlader, Erik
Summary: Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many ishaps and misadventures that preceded it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 387.7 Slader 2018Stein, R. Conrad.
Summary: A brief biography of the two famous bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, focusing on their efforts to build and fly an airplane, starting with kites and gliders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1981
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WRIGHT STESummary: The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WRIBuckley, James
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WRIGHTWescott, Lynanne.
Summary: "An Eastern Acorn Press book"--T.p. verso.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 WESGoldstone, Lawrence
Summary: "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...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 629.13 GOLBurton, Walt.
Summary: A photographic tribute to the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk features images of the brothers and their aircraft as well as such memorabilia and souvenirs as vintage postcards, posters, stereopticon images, and toys.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.13 BURWilgus, Alison
Summary: "In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright brothers were among the first innovators of heavier-than-air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright brothers' journey. But thanks to their carefully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILSummary: The historic journey of how two Midwestern bicycle mechanics with no formal training prevailed over the world's leading inventors in discovering the secret of flight.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: David Garrigus 2003