| Description |
102 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- All the world's a stage -- Bigger kites -- Meanwhile - kites, -- Krakatoa, and cold, cold weather -- Understanding the wind -- Cowboy meets the colonels - Meanwhile - Sparks, steel, and structures -- Aldershot and America -- Second to none? -- There'll always be an England -- Meanwhile - power, performance, and perfume -- Turmoil and triumph -- Fliers or liars? -- Meanwhile - one good turn -- Wright or wrong? -- Vindication? -- Flights to fame -- Winning on the wind -- Farborough and the tree -- Appendix A: life full of airplanes -- Appendix B: significant moments in early flight: from Daedalus to delayed in Dallas -- Author's note, acknowledgments, and selected sources -- Index. |
| Summary |
Presents the life of the Texas cowboy who, after a varied career performing in and running his own Wild West show, became interested in aviation and eventually built and flew England's first airplane in 1908. Samuel Cody grew up on the western frontier, a true American cowboy. With nerves of steel and dauntless courage, he would be one of the first to cross another frontier: the frontier of flight. As a young boy Samuel Cody was fascinated with kites. Living in England years later, Cody created the first kites strong and big enough to carry a man high into the air. Like the Wrights and other early aviators, Cody was determined to build an airplane. He faced not only the technological hurdles of his day, but the apathy of the British military. Against these obstacles, Cody used his ingenuity, his skill, and a great deal of daring to create England's first airplane in 1908. His is an inspirational story of American willpower and determination. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [100]-102) and index. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 5.0 75171. |
| Subject |
Cody, S. F. (Samuel Franklin), 1861-1913 -- Juvenile literature.
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Air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Cody, S. F. (Samuel Franklin), 1861-1913.
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Air pilots.
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Aeronautics -- History.
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| Added Author |
Weitzman, David, 1936-, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0375811060 trade |
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0375911065 GLB |
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