This multi-award-winning work describes the Wright Brothers' development of the airplane, from their early research at the Smithsonian in 1899 to the first powered, sustained and controlled flight in 1903. Newbery Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Books.
A biography of inventors and aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright. Illustrated with bw photographs.
- Genre: Technology, Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography + Autobiography
- Subgenre: Aeronautics + Astronautics, Biography + Autobiography / Science + Technology, History / United States / 20th Century, Science + Technology, Transportation / Aviation
- Age: 9-12 years
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- Edition: Unabridged
- Language: English
- Release Date: July 15, 2010
- Date Published: July 15, 2010
- Author: Russell Freedman
- Narrator: Lang Bliss (Narrator), Knighton Bliss (Narrator)