First to Fly: The Unlikely Triumph of Wilbur and Orville Wright

by James Tobin

Book Overview

Intense, brilliant and determined, Wilbur and his brother Orville seized the challenge to become the first to fly, despite facing keen competition from far more prominent men who were equally driven to make history. First came Samuel Langley, head of the Smithsonian Institution, the odds-on favourite to fly first. Under intense public scrutiny, his ponderous aerodrome dropped into the icy Potomac River like a handful of mortar just nine days before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719557275
• ISBN13: 9780719557279
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: John Murray Publishers
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.