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This handsomely illustrated book tells the story of two twentieth-century heroes who fashioned from the raw materials of ingenuity and ambition a legacy that will live forever in aviation history. Aided by over 100 rarely seen photographs from the Wright Brothers' personal collection, the authors tell the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright: how they went from operating a printing shop and a bicycle store in Dayton, Ohio, to ushering in the Age of Flight; why Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was chosen as the site of their initial experiments; and how Orville made the crucial discovery that led to man's first powered, sustained, controlled airplane flight on December 17, 1903.
While many books on the Wright Brothers end with the historic First Flight, Kitty Hawk and Beyond goes much further, documenting in eloquent words and rare photographs the important events, post-1903, that frame the Wright Brothers legend: the founding of the Wright Company in the U.S. and France; the Wrights' celebrated tour of Italy and Germany; the legal disputes which, many allege, were indirectly responsible for Wilbur's death in 1912; and Orville's decision to sell the Wright Company and abandon the production of airplanes altogether. One is certain to find in Kitty Hawk and Beyond not only an excellent biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright, but a superb introduction to the history of early aviation as well.
Review: Provides a photographic history of the Wright's career. Metromagazine
Title: Kitty Hawk and Beyond: The Wright Brothers ...
Publisher: Wright State Univ
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Seller: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: UsedGood. Softcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; crease to top corner of front cover and following few pages; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Seller Inventory # 72389
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Name, date and telephone number on half title page. Bottom of spine is bumped. Some light scratches on cover surfaces. Yellow highlighting on three lines of page 11. Abundant pencil writing on back fly leaf. Seller Inventory # 17858
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1990. A Very Good book in a Near Fine dust jacket. 4to., 158 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Ex-library with minor faults stamp on title page and card pocket inside rear cover. Minor signs of shelf wear to jacket. Text appears unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. bisco 4/26. Seller Inventory # 38041
Seller: John Hopkinson - Bookseller, Cremona, AB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. private library liquidation new Dj is very good, some minor edge/book rub. Seller Inventory # 120534
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0929090012