Dawn Over Kitty Hawk: The Novel of the Wright Brothers (2003)

by Walter J. Boyne

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A pair of bicycle shop owners struggle with their father's disapproval and the workings of such figures as Samuel Langly and Alexander Graham Bell, who sabotage and compete against their efforts to develop the first powered aircraft.

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Good novel of the Wright Brothers and how they managed to achieve heavier than air powered flight.
I have also read a couple of histories about them earlier. The Bishop's Boys by Tom Crouch, is a good one. (

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This book was much better than I thought it was going to be going into it ... (

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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk: The Novel of the Wright Brothers

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2003

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Wilbur Wright

Orville Wright

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Baldwin

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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

North Carolina, USA

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First powered airplane flight by the Wright brothers (1903-12-17)

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This Book is respectfully dedicated to all the pioneers of flight, from before the Wright brothers to those who are still pushing the frontiers of aviation forward.

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As the sun glanced off the rolling silver sand it turned the early morning dew into a field of diamonds, bright against the waving shadows of the beach grass.

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A pair of bicycle shop owners struggle with their father's disapproval and the workings of such figures as Samuel Langly and Alexander Graham Bell, who sabotage and compete against their efforts to develop the first powered aircraft.

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