| Author | Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters), 1882-1959.
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| Title | The Wright brothers / by Fred C. Kelly.
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| Edition | First edition. |
| Published | New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1943.
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| Description | 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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| General Note | "A biography authorized by Orville Wright"--T.p.
Includes index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Boyhood -- Background -- Printing and bicycles -- First thoughts of flight -- Gliding at Kitty Hawk -- First power flight -- After the event -- Experiments of 1904-'05 -- It still wasn't "news" -- U.S. Army not interested -- Europe discovers the Wrights -- The Wrights in Europe -- A deal with the U.S. -- End of disbelief -- When Wilbur Wright won France -- Further adventures in 1909 -- In aviation business -- Patent suits -- Why the Wright plane was exiled.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "The aim in this book has been to satisfy the curiosity of the average, non-technical reader regarding the work of the Wright Brothers, and to do so as simply as possible"-- Preface.
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| Subjects | Air pilots -- Biography.
Biographies.
Inventors -- Biography.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
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| LC Card Number | 43-51170 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: TL 540 W7 K295 1943
CA-1903058: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69214] |
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