The Wright Brothers A Biography

Engaging story, long considered the definitive Wright biography. Well-documented account, free of extraneous technical detail, describes boyhood interests, gliding at Kitty Hawk, their first powered flights, and Wilbur's efforts to revolutionize European aviation. 16 photographs.

Author's Preface
Prologue
I. BOYHOOD
II. BACKGROUND
III. PRINTING?AND BICYCLES
IV. FIRST THOUGHTS OF FLIGHT
V. GLIDING AT KITTY HAWK
VI. FIRST POWER FLIGHT
VII. AFTER THE EVENT
VIII. EXPERIMENTS OF 1904-'05
IX. "IT STILL WASN'T "NEWS"
X. U. S. ARMY NOT INTERESTED
XI. EUROPE DISCOVERS THE WRIGHTS
XII. THE WRIGHTS IN EUROPE
XIII. A DEAL WITH THE U. S.
XIV. END OF DISBELIEF
XV. WHEN WILBUR WRIGHT WON FRANCE
XVI. FURTHER ADVENTURES IN 1909
XVII. IN AVIATION BUSINESS
XVIII. PATENT SUITS
XIX. WHY THE WRIGHT PLANE WAS EXILED
Index