Brothers Three
Description
The Brothers Three is the unbelievable true story of three farm kids from Manitoba with little more than grade-school educations who built and flew Canada's first helicopter with salvaged parts, sheer stubbornness, and an unshakeable dream.
On a Manitoba farm in the 1930s, three brothers-- Nicholas, Douglas, and Theodore Froebe-- did what few believed was possible: build and fly Canada's first helicopter. With no formal education beyond grade school and very little money, they constructed it from little more than salvaged farm parts and an unshakeable belief in their own ideas.
Set against the hardship of the Great Depression, The Brothers Three is the remarkable true story of three boys from Homewood, Manitoba who made Canadian aviation history-- and refused to be told what was impossible. The Brothers Three is a story about what curiosity, teamwork, and determination can achieve when nobody thinks you can.
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Larry Verstraete is an award-winning Winnipeg author of fiction and non-fiction books for kids and teens. A former teacher with a penchant for storytelling, his books have been on recommended reading lists and have received honours ranging from the McNally Robinson's Book of the Year for Young People Award to BC's Red Cedar Award and Ontario's Silver Birch Award for Non-fiction.