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

This book and its sections devoted to the Wright
brothers was published also in Spanish translation Rio
de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1943, vol. 1, pp.
114—132, 205—251 and in English translation Rio de
Janeiro: National Printing Office, 1945, vol. 1, pp.
130—155, 239—285. The sections on the Wrights are
also included in the second edition (S o Paulo:
Companhia Editora Nacional, 1957), pp. 142—161,
253—312.
Extensive discussion of Wrights flights and claims
in sections titled The Flight with the Heavier-than-
Air Machine and Priority in Airplane Flying.
Quotes extensively from accounts of the Wrights by
Captain Ferber and John McMahon in his book The
Wright Brothers. Casts doubt on Wright claims and
concludes that Santos-Dumont was the first man to
fly in a heavier-than-air machine.
News Front [periodical]. They Taught the World to Fly
[The Wright Brothers]. In its 50 Great Pioneers of
American Industry. [Maplewood, New Jersey: C. S.
Hammend, 1964], pp. 144—147.
Orville Wright Dinner of the Society of Automotive
Engineers, Inc., July [June], 1918, Dayton, Ohio. [New
York: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1918], 32
pp., +illus.
Commemorative brochure including reprints of
The Wright Brothers Aeroplane by Orville and
Wilbur Wright, How We Made the First Flight, by
Orville Wright, and Some Aeronautical
Experiments, by Wilbur Wright.
Parkman, Mary R. The Wright Brothers. In her
Conquests of Invention, New York: Century, 1921, pp.
330—343.
Patterson, John C. Wright Brothers; Self-Made
Scientists. In his Americas Greatest Inventors, New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943, pp. 174—188, +illus.
Peyrey, Francois. Les premiers hommes-oiseaux; Wilbur
et Orville Wright. Paris: H. Guiton, 1908, 78 pp., +illus.
First published monograph on the Wrights, describing
their early experiments as reported in France, primarily
in L A rophile and L Auto, and reprinting
many published letters and documents from these
publications. Includes a Wright chronology, 1900-
August 8, 1908.
. Les premiers hommes-oiseaux; Wilbur et
Orville Wright. dition nouvelle, relatant toutes les
exp riences des fr res Wright, en France et aux tats-
Unis d Am rique. 50 photographies, dessins, croquis
c t s & sch mas. Paris: H. Guiton, 1909, 154 pp., +illus.
Biographical References
Published also without chapter VII L Histoire
r sum e des fr res Wright and Documents relatifs
diverses enqu tes, pp. 127—154, in his Les oiseau
artificiels, Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1909, pp.
121—211, 636—655.
Enlarged edition of the above with four additional
chapters including an account of Wilbur s flights at Le
Mans, Orville s flights at Fort Myer, extensive
chronological tables of these flights, and a translation
of the Century Magazine article by the Wrights,
September 1908.
Polillo, Raoul. Santos-Dumont e os irm os Wright. In
his Santos-Dumont g nio, S o Paulo: Companhia
Editora Nacional, 1950, pp. 256—271.
Sets forth Brazilian viewpoint that Santos-Dumont
was the first to achieve powered flight.
Pritchard, J. Laurence. The Wright Brothers and the
Wright Machine. In his The Book of the Aeroplane,
London, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935,
pp. 13—27.
Included also in the first and second editions of this
work, 1926 and 1929, pp. 21—35.
A popular account of the Wrights and their activities
through 1908.
Raleigh, Walter. The Wrights. In his The War in the Air,
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922, vol. 1, pp. 56—73.
Renstrom, Arthur G. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A
Chronology Commemorating the Hundredth
Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19,
1871. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1975, 234
pp.
Comprehensive and detailed chronology (1867-
1971), of the Wright brothers’ lives and pertinent
events after their deaths. Includes the Wright brothers
flight log (1900-1918) and an extensive index. The
year 1971 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Orville Wright.
Reynolds, Quentin, J. Wright Brothers, Pioneers of
American Aviation. New York: Random House, 1981,
147 pp.
A biography on the Wright brothers, including how
their mother taught them to analyze problems, inventing
a newspaper-folding machine, building their own
bicycle, and refusing to give up their dream of flying
an airplane. First copyright 1950.
Rosenbaum, Robert A. American Profiles: Aviators
Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: Facts on File,
Inc., 1992, pp. 1—14, +illus.
Profiles the lives and achievements of nine pioneers
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