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

Thomas, Eleanor, and Kelty, Mary G. The Wright
Brothers. In their Heroes, Heroines, and Holidays,
Boston: Ginn and Company, 1947, pp. 55—63, +illus.
Included also in 1952 edition.
Thomas, Henry. The Wright Brothers. Illustrated by
Charles Beck. New York: Putnam, 1960, 126 pp. (Lives
to Remember).
Verrill, Dorothy. Man Finds His Wings; How the
Wright Brothers Made the First Flight. In her Aircraft
Book for Boys. New York and London: Harper &
Brothers, 1930, pp. 1—16, +illus. (Harper s Practical
Book Series).
Vogt, Gregory. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Album of
NASA. New York: Franklin Watts, 1983, 90 pp., +illus.
Brief history for secondary school students, of the
first 25 years of NASA, 1958-1983, and conjectures
about the future of space research by NASA. Refers
to the Wright brothers, especially in the introduction
honoring them as the first to achieve powered flight.
Includes numerous photographs and an index.
Welch, Becky. Great Lives. Famous Explore r s Wright
Brothers: Conquering the Sky. New York: Ballantine
Books, 1992, 121 pp., +illus.
A biography about the Wright brothers, especially
for middle-school readers. Includes bibliographical
references p. 121.
Juvenile Publications
Wilkey, Michael. Illustrations by the author. They Never
Gave Up: Adventures in Early Aviation. Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada: Orca Book Publishers, 1997, 115
pp., +illus..
Brief history of aviation for middle school level,
beginning with the Wright brothers, then continuing
with emphasis on aviation in Canada. Includes numerous
drawings by the author. Also includes a chapter
explaining aerodynamics and principles of controlled
flight, descriptions of experiments that can be done at
home, and a chapter with illustrations and instructions
on how to make paper gliders as well as instructions
for a simple game. Includes index.
Woods, Andrew Young. Illustrated by Ellen Beier.
Orville and Wilbur Wright: First to Fly. Mahwah, New
Jersey: Troll Associates, 1992, 32 pp., +illus. [Troll
First-Start Biography]
Brief biography for children, grades 1-4, mainly of
the Wright brothers childhood.
Wright, Elsie. The Wright Brothers. In her Boys Book
of Famous Fliers [by Captain J. J. Grayson, pseud.].
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1951, pp. 32—45.
Included also in 1932 edition with title, Famous
Flyers and Their Famous Flights.
A Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer on 3 September 1908. (NASA History Office)
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