Description 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.
How could two misanthropic brothers who never left home, were high-school dropouts, and made a living as bicycle mechanics have figured out the secret of manned flight? This new history of the Wright brothers' monumental accomplishment focuses on their early.
Prometheus Books Wright brothers, wrong story: how wilbur wright solved the problem of manned flight, hardcover/william hazelgrove
