The Bishop's Boys: a Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

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Author:

Crouch, Tom D.

ISBN:

978-0-393-34746-3

Publication Date:

Apr 2003

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Book Format:

Ebook

List Price:

USD $21.95

Book Description:

The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.

Book Details

Pages:

608

Author Biography

Crouch, Tom D. (Author)

Tom D. Crouch is an aeronautics historian and curator. Crouch attended Ohio University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1966. He also attended Miami University and received a Master of Arts degree in history there in 1968. He later earned a Ph.D in history from the Ohio State University in 1976. In 2001 the Wright State University awarded him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Crouch is the author books and many articles, primarily on topics related to the history of flight technology. Crouch was awarded a 1989 Christopher Award for his book The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. In 2005 he won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature Prize for the book Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age.

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