The Wright Brothers

Language: English

Genres: Biography & Autobiography Non-fiction Poetry

This is a biography of the Wright Brothers as told by the American humorist and newspaperman Fred Kelly, a personal friend of the Wrights. It is described in reviews as "fascinating and highly readable." - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

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1. Prologue
2. Ch. 1 Boyhood
3. Ch. 2 Background
4. Ch. 3 Printing - And Bicycles
5. Ch. 4 First Thoughts of Flight
6. Ch. 5 Gliding at Kitty Hawk
7. Ch. 6 First Power Flight
8. Ch. 7 After the Event
9. Ch. 8 Experiments of 1904-05
10. Ch. 9 It Still Wasn't "News"
11. Ch. 10 U.S. Army Not Interested
12. Ch. 11 Europe Discovers the Wrights
13. Ch. 12 The Wrights in Europe
14. Ch. 13 A Deal With the U.S.
15. Ch. 14 End of Disbelief
16. Ch. 15 When Wilbur Wright Won France
17. Ch. 16 Further Adventures in 1909
18. Ch. 17 In Aviation Business
19. Ch.18 Patent Suits
20. Ch. 19 Why the Wright Plane was Exiled, Part 1
21. Ch. 19 Why the Wright Plane was Exiled, Part 2

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