Birdmen the Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the battle to control the skies

"The feud between this nation's great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other...

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Main Author:	Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Ballantine Books, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Aeronautics > United States > History. Wright, Wilbur, > 1867-1912. Wright, Orville, > 1871-1948. Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, > 1878-1930.
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