To the Library and Beyond read. And that’s where sharing through libraries comes into the equation. The library hopes you will join us for a little fun and reward these next few weeks. We’re having a bit of a treasure hunt that will earn visitors a small pot of gold every time they successfully make a find at the library. Find a new clue in this column over the next several weeks. The first and sixth person to make the weekly find gets a treasure. For more chances to win visit our Facebook page, Facebook.com/PrairieCommunityLibrary, for bonus clues. We thank our patrons for your participation and support. Players need not be library borrowers to play however. We’d love to see our regular & periodic borrowers as well as those who might not have previously visited the library. Here's Clue #1: Find the book A Little Bit of Wisdom, Conversations with a Nez Perce Elder. Hint: Dewey number is 973 AXT. Joan’s book review this week is The Wright Brothers by well-known historian and author David McCullough. If a visit to Kitty Hawk, NC has not been your experience where the story of brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright is told through a museum and nearly life-size replicas of the men and plane, this book will take you there. Hard to imagine that serious flight experimentation took place only a hundred twenty-five years ago. In 1900 the Wright brothers built a full-size glider plane with two 18 feet wide wings. They shipped the plane from Ohio to Kitty Hawk where it was thought test launches would be the safest and most likely successful. Success was achieved in several flights at three to four hundred feet altitude with speeds of 30-40 miles per hour, the leap necessary for catapulting to our modern aviation capabilities. Readers of this book will find many interesting photographs of the brothers and their planes to add to the thrilling story. We’re open Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-5:30 and Saturdays 10-3. Keep reading. Frances
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