{"product_id":"to-conquer-the-air-james-tobin-9780743255363","title":"To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight","description":"\u003cb\u003eJames Tobin, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eErnie Pyle's War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Man He Became\u003c\/i\u003e, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, Wilbur Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in obscurity, supported only by their exceptional family. Meanwhile, the world watched as Samuel Langley, armed with a contract from the US War Department and all the resources of the Smithsonian Institution, sought to create the first manned flying machine. But while Langley saw flight as a problem of power, the Wrights saw a problem of balance. Thus their machines took two very different paths--Langley's toward oblivion, the Wrights' toward the heavens--though not before facing countless other obstacles. With a historian's accuracy and a novelist's eye, Tobin has captured an extraordinary moment in history. \u003ci\u003eTo Conquer the Air\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a heroic achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Tobin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743255364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743255363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.81h x 5.24w x 1.15d","brand":"James Tobin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925845999871,"sku":"9780743255363","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2950ec90-83dd-4b75-8099-ec9bbc480d48.jpg?v=1681079712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-conquer-the-air-james-tobin-9780743255363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}