Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright - NASA's History Office

Hall, Charles G. The Bishop and the Boys and The
Wonderful Year of Nineteen Three. In his Skyways, New
York: The Macmillan Company, 1938, pp. 44—58, 59—64.
Harney, Laura B. The Wright Brothers. In her The
Skycraft Book, New York: D. C. Heath and Company,
1932, pp. 20—26, +illus.
Harper, Harry. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his Riders
of the Sky; the Saga of the Flying Men, London: Hodder
and Stoughton [1936], pp. 21—25.
Hartman, Gertrude. Man Learns to Fly. In her Machines
and the Men Who Made the World of Industry, New
York: The Macmillan Company, 1939, pp. 237—242.
Heard, Sarah Dow, and King, M. W. The First Airplane.
The Wright Brothers In their Stories of American
Leaders, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1934,
pp. 307—318, +illus.
Heath, Monroe. Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright. In
his Great Americans at a Glance, vol. 2, Inventors,
Scientists, Redwood City, California: Pacific Coast
Publishers, 1956, pp. 16—17.
Holland, Rupert S. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his
Historic Airships. Illustrated by Manning de V. Lee.
Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Company, 1928, pp. 75—89.
Holland, Sharon. To Build a Bird: The Quest for Human
Flight. Windermere, Florida: Rourke Corporation, Inc.,
1982, 32 pp., +illus.
Brief history, elementary school level, of the first
attempts to fly, culminating in the first flight of the
Wright brothers in 1903.
Hook, Jason. Illustrated by Graham Coton. Twenty
Names in Aviation. New York: Marshall Cavendish,
1990, 48 pp., +illus.
Two-page chapters on twenty selected pioneers of
aviation with a biographical sketch and brief account
of their historic flights for each, for older children.
One chapter is devoted to the Wright brothers.
. Illustrated by Peter Lowe. Wright Brothers.
New York: Bookwright Press, 1989, 32 pp., +illus.
Brief biography of the Wright brothers and history
of early flight for older elementary school children.
Includes a list of important dates and an index.
Horsfall, Jessie E. The First Aeroplane Flight. In French,
Joseph L., ed., The Big Aviation Book for Boys,
Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Bros., Inc.,
1929, pp. 58—69.
Juvenile Publications
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Hough, Richard A. Wright Brothers by Bruce Carter
[pseud.]. London: Newnes Educational Publishing Co.,
Ltd., 1955, 45 pp. (Men of Speed Series).
Humphrey, Grace. The Secret of the Bird; Wilbur
Wright, Orville Wright. In her Children of Necessity,
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925, pp. 263—295.
Iseman, John W., and Taylor, Sloan. The First Flight and
Gliding Experiments. In their The Book of Airplanes,
New York: Oxford University Press, 1929, pp. 48—50,
54—58.
Jerome, Lucy B. The First Man to Fly. Boys World,
Sept. 14, 1912, vol. 11, no. 37, p. 3, +illus.
Kaufman, Mervyn D. The Wright Brothers; Kings of
the Air. Illustrated by Gray Morrow Champaign
Illinois: Garrard Publishing Company, 1964, 80 pp. (A
Discovery Book).
Large, Laura A. The Bird Men. In her Little Stories of
Well-Known Americans, New York: Platt & Munk Co.,
Inc., 1935, pp. 113—122, +illus.
. The Wright Brothers. In her Air Travelers from
Early Beginnings to Recent Achievements. Illustrated by
Harold Cue, Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932,
pp. 65—70.
Law, Frederick H. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his
Great Lives; Life Stories of Great Men and Women, New
York: Globe Book Company, 1952, pp. 45—57.
. Wilbur and Orville Wright, Inventors of the
Airplane. St. Nicholas, June 1926, vol. 53, pp. 793—796.
Lehrburger, Egon. Wilbur and Orville Wright; the Men
Who Gave Us Wings. In his Men Who Changed the
World; Stories of Invention and Discovery by Egon
Larsen [pseud. 2d ed.], New York: Roy Publishers, 1952,
pp. 121—143.
Macmillan, Norman. Wilbur and Orville Wright; First
to Fly. In his Great Airmen, London: G. Bell, 1955, pp.
14—34.
Maden, Mary. Illustrated by Sara Hodder Daniels.
Flying High with the Wright Brothers: The Story of Their
First Flight A Dogs Tale. Kill Devil Hill, North
Carolina: Dog and Pony Enterprises, 1995. [Outer Banks
animal series, No. 1].
Illustrations for gliders and other drawings were
based on photographs taken by the Wright brothers.