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

Author: Tom D. Crouch Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393306958 039330695X

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. Similar books: Mrs. Jordan's Profession by Claire Tomalin Mistress of the Elgin Marbles by Susan Nagel The Rockefellers by Peter Collier The Wright Brothers by Fred C. Kelly Five Sisters by James Fox The Viceroy's Daughters by Anne de Courcy Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg Wilbur and Orville by Fred Howard Morgan by Jean Strouse Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana Souhami The Most Famous Man in America by Debby Applegate Christopher Marlowe by Park Honan The Patriarch by David Nasaw The Peabody Sisters by Megan Marshall Boyd by Robert Coram The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Mobituaries by Mo Rocca