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010 _a 2014046049
020 _a1476728747 (hardcover)
020 _a9781476728742 (hardcover)
040 _aUniversiti Teknologi Brunei
084 _aTL540 MCC
100 1 _aMcCullough, David G.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Wright brothers /
_cDavid McCullough.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2015.
300 _a320 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
505 0 _a1. Beginnings -- 2. The dream takes hold -- 3. Where the winds blow -- 4. Unyielding resolve -- 5. December 17, 1903 -- 6. Out at Huffman prairie -- 7. A capital exhibit A -- 8. Triumph at Le Mans -- 9. The crash -- 10. A time like no other -- 11. Causes for celebration -- Epilogue.
520 _a"As he did so brilliantly in THE GREAT BRIDGE and THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS, David McCullough once again tells a dramatic story of people and technology, this time about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly, Wilbur and Orville Wright"--Provided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aWright, Orville,
_d1871-1948.
600 1 0 _aWright, Wilbur,
_d1867-1912.
650 0 _aAeronautics
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAeronautics
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2014046049-s.html
998 _eBook
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