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 dis

The story of how a flying machine made by two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, and how they managed to get it airborne, thus changing the course of history,

Presents a biography of the Wright brothers, focusing on their systematic research of flight mechanics which proved the key to their success.

Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.

From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled