A rich and personal account of the Wright Brothers and their world, in time for the 100th anniversary of the first flight at Kitty Hawk

Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.

Summary: A biography of the bicycle makers whose fascination with flight led them to build and fly the world's first successful air- craft powered by am engine and controlled by a pilot.