Wilbur and Orville (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Fred Howard
- First Published: 1987
- Time of Work: 1867–1948
- Setting: Ohio and North Carolina
- Principal Characters: Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wright, Octave Chanute, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Glen Curtiss
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Midwest, Ohio, Brothers, Patents, Flight, Airplanes or jets, Aviation or aviators, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Experiments, Pilots or pilotage, Aeronautics, Bicycles or bicycling, Machinery
- Locales: Ohio, North Carolina
Form and Content
In Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers, the events from the births of Wilbur and Orville Wright to the death of Orville are documented in a detailed narrative by Fred Howard. The book includes sixty-seven pages of footnotes that cover almost every page of the book. This “term-paper” style of writing re-affirms the facts of what the Wright brothers actually accomplished over their lifetimes; it provides accurate information, eliminates hearsay and bias, and strengthens the credibility of the Wright brothers’ accomplishments.
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