Wright Brothers, Wrong Story: How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight

by William Hazelgrove

Book Overview

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."How could two misanthropic brothers who never left home, were high-school dropouts, and made a living as bicycle mechanics have figured out the secret of manned flight? This new history of the Wright brothers' monumental accomplishment focuses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633884589
• ISBN13: 9781633884588
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"