The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

by TDCrouch (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.47

  Here for the first time is the complete biography of the Wright Brothers, with a fleshing out of their early years. Here is the story of their indomitable father, the bishop, and of their mother, from whom they inherited their mechanical skills. Here also is a chronicle of two brothers who, together at every step, changed technology forever and expanded the world.

• New

  Paperback
  1991

  $42.80

  Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of Wright family correspondence and diaries, Tom Crouch skillfully weaves the story of the airplane's invention into the drama of a unique and unforgettable family. He shows us exactly how and why these two obscure bachelors from Dayton, Ohio, were able to succeed where so many better-trained, better-financed rivals had failed.