THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Written by Ian Mackersey
Published by Little, Brown
in 2003
ISBN: 0316861448
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Written by Ian Mackersey.
Stock no. 2123879
1st.
2003.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World. B/w photos. ISBN: 0316861448. Light bumping along a couple of cover edges. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1. The Bishop's Sons
- 2. A House of Piety (1868-1886)
- 3. Trials of the Righteous (1886-1889)
- 4. The Bird-watching Bicycle-makers (1890-1899)
- 5. Some Aeronautical Theories (1899)
- 6. To Ride a Flying Machine (1899)
- 7. Complexities of the Invisible Forces (1900)
- 8. A Place Called Kitty Hawk (1900)
- 9. The Maestro's Disciples (1901)
- 10. A Wing of Perfect Shape (1901)
- 11. Tumult in the Church (1902)
- 12. An Unscrupulous Guest at Kill Devil Hills (1902)
- 13. 'Our Turn to Throw' (1903)
- 14. Twelve Famous Seconds (1903)
- 15. 'Damn'd if They Ain't Few' - An Unnewsworthy Event (1903)
- 16. Shattering the Five-Minute Barrier (1904)
- 17. Unwanted Baby for Sale (1905)
- 18. The French and British Connections (1905-1906)
- 19. Fliers or Liars? (1906)
- 20. The Arms Dealer and the Dowager (1906-1907)
- 21. Corruption in Paris (1907)
- 22. Fraternal Friction (1907)
- 23. Supremacy Threatened (1908)
- 24. Triumph at Le Mans (1908)
- 25. The Trumpet Blasts of Fame (1908)
- 26. Disaster in Washington (1908)
- 27. Tongue of Scandal (1909)
- 28. The Lawsuits (1909)
- 29. A Precious Friendship Sours (1910)
- 30. 'Keep Out of My Air' (1910-1911)
- 31. 'A Short Life Full of Consequences' (1912)
- 32. Feud with the Smithsonian (1913-1917)
- 33. Spinster in Love (1918-1925)
- 34. 'Little Brother' Alone (1926-1929)
- 35. The Twilight Years (1930-1948)
- Notes
- Bar Chart Illustrating the Supremacy of the Wright Brothers 1903-08
- Select Bibliography
- Sources and Acknowledgements
- Index