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The Wright Brothers

by Quentin Reynolds · 1950

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Follow the inspiring story of two brothers who believed that men could fly. Refusing to give up their dream, Wilbur and Orville Wright, two self-taught bicycle mechanics, built- and successfully flew- the world's first airplane.

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childrens
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short · 160 pages

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