The Wright brothers : nose-diving into history / Erik Slader and Ben Thompson ; illustrations by Tim Foley.
Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250150558
- ISBN: 9781250150554
- Physical Description: 120 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Edition: First hardback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-115) and index. |
Target Audience Note: | 1190L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 2 195870. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History (Epic Fails #1)
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The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History (Epic Fails #1)
A hilarious nonfiction look at two of history's most epic "failures": the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success. Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering--they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight--their success was hard-earned. (Spoiler alert: there were a lot of nosedives involved.) In fact, it took the self-taught engineers years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single twelve-second flight! In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take readers through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation. The Epic Fails series takes a humorous and unexpected view of history, exploring the surprising stories behind a variety of groundbreaking discoveries, voyages, experiments, and innovations, illustrating how many of mankind's biggest successes are in fact the result of some pretty epic failures. This title has Common Core connections.