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Crowther, James G. The Wright Brothers. In his Six
Great Inventors; Watt, Stephenson, Edison, Marconi,
Wright Brothers, [and] Whittle, London: Hamish
Hamilton, 1954, pp. 163—201. (The Six Great Series).
Curtin, Andrew. Wright Brothers. In his Gallery of Great
Americans, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1965, p.
101.
Darrow, Floyd L. Masters of the Air [Wright Brothers].
In his Builders of the Empire, New York: Longmans,
Green, 1930, pp. 85—90.
. [ Wright Brothers]. In his Masters of Science
and Invention, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company,
1923, pp. 315—325.
Delacombe, Harry. The Wrights, The First Flights on
Record, and The Wright Aeroplane. In his The Boys
Book of Airships, New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company, 1909, pp. 176—177, 199—201, 213.
DeWitt, William A. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his
Illustrated Minute Biographies New York: Grosset &
Dunlap, 1949, p. 160, +illus.
Also included in revised ed., 1953.
Dolin, Arnold. The Wright Brothers; Pioneers of Flight.
In his Great Men of Science, New York: Hart Publishing
Company, 1962, pp. 175—181.
Eberle, Irmengarde. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In her
Famous Inventors for Boys and Girls, New York: A. S.
Barnes, 1941, pp. 111—118, +illus.
Egermeier, Elsie E. The Wright Brothers. In her Stories
of Great Men and Women, Anderson, Indiana: Warner
Press, 1961, pp. 138—144. (Stories for Boys and Girls).
Evans, Idrisyn O. The Airplane; Wilbur and Orville
Wright. In his Inventors of the World, London, New
York: Frederick Warne & Company, 1962, pp. 119—133.
Everett, Carroll, and Reed, C. F. Wilbur and Orville
Wright. In their When They Were Boys, Dansville, New
York: F. A. Owen Publishing Co., 1922, pp. 38—44.
Also included in revised ed., 1932.
Fanning, Leonard M. The Wright Brothers; Fathers of
the Airplane Industry. In his Fathers of Industries,
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1962, pp. 194—203.
Federau, Wolfgang. Die Gebr der Wright, Pioniere der
Luftfahrt. N rnberg: Olympia-Verlag, 1952, 149 pp.,
+illus. (Biographische Jugendreihe).
Juvenile Publications
Fellowes-Gordon, Ian. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In
Canning, John, ed., 100 Great Modern Lives; Makers of
the World Today from Faraday to Kennedy, New York:
Hawthorn Books, 1966, pp. 317—322.
Freedman, Russell. Wright Brothers: How They Invented
the Airplane. New York: Holiday House, 1991, 129 pp.,
+illus.
Brief biography and relatively comprehensive
description of the principles of flight and of the technical
problems the Wright brothers solved, in nontechnical
language for older children.
Includes numerous original photographs by the
Wright brothers, suggestions on places to visit, and an
index.
Gardner, Jeanne L. Sky Pioneers, the Story of Wilbur and
Orville Wright. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. New
York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963, 62 pp.
Includes bibliography, pp. 61—62.
Gates, Arthur I., and Ayer, Jean. The Flying Brothers. In
their Let s Go Ahead, New York: The Macmillan
Company, 1940, pp. 367—391, +illus.
Gilmartin, John G., and Skehan, Anna M. Wilbur and
Orville Wright, Pioneers in Aviation. In their Great
Names in American History, Chicago: Laidlaw Bros.,
1946, pp. 335—342, +illus.
Goebel, Edmund J. and others. Wilbur and Orville
Wright; Pioneers in Aviation, In their Builders of Our
Country, Chicago: Laidlaw Bros., 1951, pp. 345—352.
(Catholic School History Series).
Grahame—White, Claude, and Harper, Harry. Wilbur and
Orville Wright. In their Heroes of the Air, a Book for Boys.
Illustrated in colour by Cyrus Cuneo and with numerous
portraits, London: Henry Froude, 1912, pp. 55—93.
Graves, Charles P. Illustrated by Fermin Rocker. See and
Read: Beginning to Read Biography Wright Brothers.
New York: G. P. Putnam s Sons, 1973, 62 pp., +illus.
For young readers; a biography of the mechanically-inclined
Wright brothers, tracing their determined
efforts to build the first self-propelled flying machine.
Includes a list of twenty-two key words.
Guggenheim, Harry. Giving Wings to the World. St.
Nicholas, Dec. 1928, vol. 56, p. 88.
Hagedorn, Hermann. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his
The Book of Courage, Chicago: John C. Winston Co.,
1942, pp. 293—305.
Included also in earlier editions.
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