Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle To Control the Skies

By Goldstone, Lawrence

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9780345538031 9780345538048
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Ballantine


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Starred Review on January 1, 2014  |  Social Sciences

Goldstone (Lefty: An American Odyssey) offers a fresh take on the Wright Brothers by treating them as the two individuals they were, men who frantically sought indefinite control of their patented findings in order both to quash the aeronautical contributions of chief rival Glenn Curtiss and to maximize their company's earnings. To be sure, the former goal was bound to fail over time, but the latter one was so destructive to the dawn of aviation and to themselves that, per Orville, it ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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