Wright brothers, wrong story [electronic resource] : how Wilbur Wright solved the problem of manned flight / by William Hazelgrove.

"This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright Brothers' myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first 'flying machine'."--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.
Subjects:
Wright, Orville, > 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, > 1867-1912.
Haskell, Katharine Wright, > 1874-1929.
Aeronautics > United States > History > 20th century.
Inventors > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story: How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The Wright myth
  • Preflight
  • The biographer
  • The letter 1948
  • The murderer 1884
  • Steam bugs 1896
  • Typhoid 1896
  • Inventors 1900
  • School of one 1900
  • Flight
  • The pilgrim 1900
  • The Wright sister 1900
  • Kill Devil Hills-October 18, 1900
  • The mentor 1901
  • Dangerous times 1901
  • Return to Kitty Hawk 1901
  • Wilbur unleashed 1901
  • Tunnel vision 1901
  • The Smithsonian 1902
  • The movable rudder 1902
  • United States patent office 1903
  • The Western Society of Engineers 1903
  • The great embarrassment 1903
  • Great things-September 23, 1903
  • The photograph-December 17, 1903
  • Landings
  • Flyers or liars 1906
  • Death in the sky-September 17, 1908
  • Return to Eden 1908
  • The injunction 1910
  • Warped by the desire of great wealth 1911
  • Final flight 1912
  • The great flood 1914
  • To fly again 1914
  • Hammondsport, Indiana 1915
  • Middle of the Atlantic Ocean 1928
  • A test of wills 1930
  • The lone eagle 1934
  • The battle of Britain 1940
  • The authorized biography 1943
  • Washington, DC 1943
  • Mabel Beck 1948
  • Wright brothers, wrong story.