{"product_id":"9781429910675","title":"Dawn Over Kitty Hawk: The Novel of the Wright Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe names Wilbur and Orville Wright stand out in history as the  inventors of the airplane, but lost in history are those who in the  closing years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the  twentieth shared the same passion: to develop the first powered  aircraft. Some spent entire lives and fortunes chasing the dream,  including men like the embittered Augustus Herring, who'd flown a  heavier than air machine for several seconds in 1898; the pompous Samuel  Pierpont Langley, of the Smithsonian Institution, who was backed by the  US War Department, and even the legendary American inventor Alexander  Graham Bell. These men, along with European competitors such as Louis  Blériot, chased what many believed to be the impossible dream of manned,  powered flight. But the Wright Brothers were the first to succeed,  thanks to a combination of courage, genius, and downright stubbornness!  Many followed in their footsteps, including such arch-competitors as  Glenn Curtiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wright Brothers' father was a huge factor who  dominated their lives, trying to control their every thought and action.  A bishop of the United Brethren Church, Milton Wright wanted his sons  to succeed in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, not risk their lives.  Bishop Wright saw no reason for his sons to risk everything on an  isolated, windy beach in faraway North Carolina a beach called Kitty  Hawk. He tried to quash their dream, but Orville and Wilbur rebelled,  ultimately proving the impossible by flying on December 17, 1903. They  brought the dawn of aviation, the industry that dominated the twentieth  century and set the stage for the space race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139273507056,"sku":"9781429910675","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429910675_p0.jpg?v=1769901217","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429910675","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}