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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
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Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. |
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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. |
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Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929.
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Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929. |
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Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Aeronautics. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Inventors -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. |
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Inventors. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959- Wright brothers, wrong story. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018 9781633884588 (DLC) 2018031181 |
| ISBN |
1633884597 |
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9781633884595 (electronic book) |
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9781633884588 (hardcover) |
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