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Author Hazelgrove, William, 1959- author.

Title Wright brothers, wrong story : how Wilbur Wright solved the problem of manned flight / William Hazelgrove.

Publication Info. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.
©2018
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1919486~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  629.1300922 HAZ    AVAILABLE
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Description 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright Brothers' myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first 'flying machine'."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Inventors -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781633884588 (hardcover)
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