The Wright Brothers

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出版社: Simon & Schuster
2015-05
版次: 1
ISBN: 9781476728742
定价: 252.20
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 336页
正文语种: 英语
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  • #1NewYorkTimesbestsellerTwo-timewinnerofthePulitzerPrizeDavidMcCulloughtellsthedramaticstory-behind-the-storyaboutthecourageousbrotherswhotaughttheworldhowtofly:WilburandOrvilleWright.Onawinterdayin1903,intheOuterBanksofNorthCarolina,twounknownbrothersfromOhiochangedhistory.Butitwouldtaketheworldsometimetobelievewhathadhappened:theageofflighthadbegun,withthefirstheavier-than-air,poweredmachinecarryingapilot.Whowerethesemenandhowwasitthattheyachievedwhattheydid?DavidMcCullough,two-timewinnerofthePulitzerPrize,tellsthesurprising,profoundlyAmericanstoryofWilburandOrvilleWright.FarmorethanacoupleofunschooledDaytonbicyclemechanicswhohappenedtohitonsuccess,theyweremenofexceptionalcourageanddetermination,andoffar-rangingintellectualinterestsandceaselesscuriosity,muchofwhichtheyattributedtotheirupbringing.Thehousetheylivedinhadnoelectricityorindoorplumbing,buttherewerebooksaplenty,suppliedmainlybytheirpreacherfather,andtheyneverstoppedreading.Whentheyworkedtogether,noproblemseemedtobeinsurmountable.Wilburwasunquestionablyagenius.Orvillehadsuchmechanicalingenuityasfewhadeverseen.Thattheyhadnomorethanapublichighschooleducation,littlemoneyandnocontactsinhighplaces,neverstoppedthemintheir“mission”totaketotheair.Nothingdid,noteventheself-evidentrealitythateverytimetheytookoffinoneoftheircontrivances,theyriskedbeingkilled.Inthisthrillingbook,masterhistorianDavidMcCulloughdrawsontheimmenserichesoftheWrightPapers,includingprivatediaries,notebooks,scrapbooks,andmorethanathousandlettersfromprivatefamilycorrespondencetotellthehumansideoftheWrightBrothers’story,includingthelittle-knowncontributionsoftheirsister,Katharine,withoutwhomthingsmightwellhavegonedifferentlyforthem. David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback; His other widely praised books are 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Johnstown Flood. He has been honored with the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award, the National Humanities Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. PROLOGUE    1
    PART Ⅰ
    1. Beginnings    5
    2. The Dream Takes Hold    27
    3. Where the Winds Blow    43
    4. Unyielding Resolve    65
    PART Ⅱ
    5. December 17, 1903    85
    6. Out at Huffman Prairie    109
    7. A Capital Exhibit A    131
    8. Triumph at Le Mans    155
    PART Ⅲ
    9. The Crash    181
    10. A Time Like No Other    203
    11. Causes for Celebration    227
    EPILOGUE    255
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS    263
    SOURCE NOTES    269
    BIBLIOGRAPHY    303
    ILLUSTRATION CREDITS    309
    INDEX    311
  • 内容简介:
    #1NewYorkTimesbestsellerTwo-timewinnerofthePulitzerPrizeDavidMcCulloughtellsthedramaticstory-behind-the-storyaboutthecourageousbrotherswhotaughttheworldhowtofly:WilburandOrvilleWright.Onawinterdayin1903,intheOuterBanksofNorthCarolina,twounknownbrothersfromOhiochangedhistory.Butitwouldtaketheworldsometimetobelievewhathadhappened:theageofflighthadbegun,withthefirstheavier-than-air,poweredmachinecarryingapilot.Whowerethesemenandhowwasitthattheyachievedwhattheydid?DavidMcCullough,two-timewinnerofthePulitzerPrize,tellsthesurprising,profoundlyAmericanstoryofWilburandOrvilleWright.FarmorethanacoupleofunschooledDaytonbicyclemechanicswhohappenedtohitonsuccess,theyweremenofexceptionalcourageanddetermination,andoffar-rangingintellectualinterestsandceaselesscuriosity,muchofwhichtheyattributedtotheirupbringing.Thehousetheylivedinhadnoelectricityorindoorplumbing,buttherewerebooksaplenty,suppliedmainlybytheirpreacherfather,andtheyneverstoppedreading.Whentheyworkedtogether,noproblemseemedtobeinsurmountable.Wilburwasunquestionablyagenius.Orvillehadsuchmechanicalingenuityasfewhadeverseen.Thattheyhadnomorethanapublichighschooleducation,littlemoneyandnocontactsinhighplaces,neverstoppedthemintheir“mission”totaketotheair.Nothingdid,noteventheself-evidentrealitythateverytimetheytookoffinoneoftheircontrivances,theyriskedbeingkilled.Inthisthrillingbook,masterhistorianDavidMcCulloughdrawsontheimmenserichesoftheWrightPapers,includingprivatediaries,notebooks,scrapbooks,andmorethanathousandlettersfromprivatefamilycorrespondencetotellthehumansideoftheWrightBrothers’story,includingthelittle-knowncontributionsoftheirsister,Katharine,withoutwhomthingsmightwellhavegonedifferentlyforthem.
  • 作者简介:
    David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback; His other widely praised books are 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Johnstown Flood. He has been honored with the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award, the National Humanities Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • 目录:
    PROLOGUE    1
    PART Ⅰ
    1. Beginnings    5
    2. The Dream Takes Hold    27
    3. Where the Winds Blow    43
    4. Unyielding Resolve    65
    PART Ⅱ
    5. December 17, 1903    85
    6. Out at Huffman Prairie    109
    7. A Capital Exhibit A    131
    8. Triumph at Le Mans    155
    PART Ⅲ
    9. The Crash    181
    10. A Time Like No Other    203
    11. Causes for Celebration    227
    EPILOGUE    255
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS    263
    SOURCE NOTES    269
    BIBLIOGRAPHY    303
    ILLUSTRATION CREDITS    309
    INDEX    311
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