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001 2014001424
003 DLC
005 20150507082703.0
008 140318s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014001424
020 $a9780345538031 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780345538055
020 $a9780345538048 (ebook)
040 $aPSt/DLC$beng$erda$cPSt$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aTL521$b.G568 2014
082 00 $a629.130092/273$223
100 1 $aGoldstone, Lawrence,$d1947-
245 10 $aBirdmen :$bthe Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the battle to control the skies /$cLawrence Goldstone.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBallantine Books,$c[2014]
300 $axiv, 428 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 401-404) and index.
505 0 $aFulcrum -- Highway in the sky -- Men in the dunes -- To kitty hawk -- Sophomore slump -- Gas bag -- Where no man had gone before -- Patent pioneering -- The vagaries of the marketplace -- The inexorable progression of knowledge -- The first brazilian aloft -- Langley's legacy -- Closing fast -- Vindication -- Orville and selfridge -- The toast of France -- Trading punches -- Best-laid plans -- Bowing to the inevitable -- Team sports -- Mavericks -- Faster, steeper, higher -- War birds -- Owning the sky -- The wages of righteousness -- The romance of death -- A reluctant steward -- A wisp of victory -- The grip of the spotlight -- The death of innocence.
650 0 $aAeronautics$zUnited States$xHistory.
600 10 $aWright, Wilbur,$d1867-1912.
600 10 $aWright, Orville,$d1871-1948.
600 10 $aCurtiss, Glenn Hammond,$d1878-1930.