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Wilbur Wright meets Lady Liberty
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Physical Description
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 x 27 cm
Audience
Grades 2-3 Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
Summary
"Two American icons meet in this nonfiction picture book that tells the dramatic true tale of Wilbur Wright's flight circling the Statue of Liberty"--
On September 29th, 1909, Wilbur Wright performed his first public flight for a crowd of disbelievers in the New York Harbor, home to the Statue of Liberty. With courage and caution, he put his airplane to the test and flew around the iconic landmark while the crowd observed, breathless. Burleigh provides a minute-to-minute account of Wright's voyage over New York City. -- adapted from jacket.
Notes
"Christy Ottaviano Books."
Map on end pages.
Subjects
- Aeronautics > Flights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- Aeronautics > Flights > History > 20th century.
- Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.) > Juvenile literature.
- New York (N.Y.) > History.
- Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
- Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 > Travel-New York (State)-New York > Juvenile literature
- Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.