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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 A Bibliography 17
in American aviation, including the Wright Brothers. Includes chronologies, suggestions for further reading, and an index. Includes biographical references. Rowland-Entwistle, Theodore. Illustrated by W. Francis Phillipps. Children of History Wilbur & Orville Wright. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1988, 31 pp., +illus. A biography focusing on the childhood of the airplane inventors, Wilbur and Orville Wright. Includes index. Sabin, Louis. Illustrated by John Lawn. Wilbur and Orville Wright: The Flight to Adventure. Mahwah, New Jersey: Troll Associates, 1983, 48 pp., +illus. Focuses on the childhood of the Wright brothers and the inventiveness they displayed from their earliest days. Santal Sors, Luis. Los primeros aviones: los hermanos Wright. In his Historia de la aeronautica, Buenos Aires: Espasa-Calpe Argentina, S.A., 1946, pp. 163—168. Savorgnan di Brazz , Francesco. La navigazione aerea. Milano: Fratelli Treves, 1910, 284 pp., +illus. Includes three chapters on the Wright brothers; I fratelli Wright e la loro opera, pp. 92—95, Lavenuta dei fratelli Wright in Europa e el loro trionfo definitivo, pp. 107—116, and Il biplano Wright, pp. 116—124. [Schmidt, Georg.] Die Flug-Maschine der Gebr der Wright. Westerland Sylt: Druck von Fr. Rossberg, [1909], 8 pp. Sewell, W. Stuart, ed. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In Brief Biographies of Famous Men and Women, New York: Permabooks, 1949, pp. 207—209. Sherman, Dallas B. Street to the Sky; a Play in Three Acts. San Francisco, Calif.: Dallas P. Sherman, 1953, 129 pp. Deals with the Wright brothers. Smith, Henry Ladd. Kitty Hawk. In his Airways: the History of Commercial Aviation in the United States, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942, pp. 3—18. Popular version of the early Wright experiments. Smith, Maurice H. [signed M. H. Sm.]. Orville and Wilbur Wright. In Collier s Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1932, vol. 19, pp. 601—602, +illus. Sproule, Anna. Giants of Science Wright Brothers: The Birth of Modern Aviation. Woodbridge, Connecticut: Blackbirch Press, 1999, 64 pp. Biographical References 18 Wilbur & Orville Wright A biography of the brothers who made the world s first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. Richly illustrated, it includes a detailed table of contents as well as a glossary. Includes bibliographical references, web sites, and an index. Stewart, Oliver. [Wright Brothers]. In his First Flights, New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation [1958], pp. 23—30. Sullivan, Mark. Orville and Wilbur Wright. In his Our Times, 1900-1925, New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1935, vol. 2, pp. 568—613, +illus. Extensive and well documented account based on interview and data supplied the author by Orville Wright. Tate, William J. Brochure of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Successful Airplane Flight, 1903-1928; Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1928. [Kitty Hawk, N.C.: The Author, 1928], 12 pp., +illus. Compiled from photos, magazine articles, speech of Wilbur Wright before the Western Society of Engineers, Chicago and general data collected and kept by Wm. J. Tate including some extracts from personal letters from Orville Wright, p. 1. Tatin, Victor. El ments d aviation. Les exp riences d aviation deWilbur et d Orville Wright. Description de l aeroplaneWright. Paris: H. Dunod & E. Pinat, 1909, 71 pp., +illus. This second edition of Tatin s book includes several supplementary pages on the work of the Wrights, pp. 61—65. The first edition 1908 included an Appendice of two pages on the Wrights, pp. 59—60. Taylor, Richard L. First Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers. New York: Franklin Watts, 1990, 64 pp. Describes how the Wright brothers developed the first airplane and places their achievement in the context of the aeronautic technology of the time. Includes numerous photographs and an index. Includes bibliographical references. Thomas, Henry, and Thomas, Dana L. The Wright Brothers. In their 50 Great Modern Lives, Garden City, New York: Hanover House, 1956, pp. 341—348. Published also in their Life Stories of the Great Inventors, Garden City, New York: Haleyon House, 1948, pp. 244—254, +illus. and in their 50 Great Americans, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948, pp. 368—375.
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