Table of Contents
Preface: The Wright Myth 9
Part 1 Preflight 21
1 The Biographer-1942 23
2 The Letter-1948 28
3 The Murderer-1884 32
4 Steam Bugs-1896 42
5 Typhoid-1896 51
6 Inventors-1900 62
7 School of One-1900 67
Part 2 Flight 77
8 The Pilgrim-1900 79
9 The Wright Sister-1900 94
10 Kill Devil Hills-October 18, 1900 100
11 The Mentor-1901 107
12 Dangerous Times-1901 113
13 Return to Kitty Hawk-1901 120
14 Wilbur Unleashed-1901 131
15 Tunnel Vision-1901 138
16 The Smithsonian-1902 143
17 The Movable Rudder-1902 146
18 United States Patent Office-1903 151
19 The Western Society of Engineers-1903 154
20 The Great Embarrassment-1903 160
21 Great Things-September 23, 1903 165
22 The Photograph-December 17, 1903 175
Part 3 Landings 183
23 Fliers or Liars-1906 185
24 Death in the Sky-September 17, 1908 196
25 Return to Eden-1908 201
26 The Injunction-1910 203
27 Warped by the Desire for Great Wealth-1911 208
28 Final Flight-1912 215
29 The Great Flood-1914 220
30 To Fly Again-1914 223
31 Hammondsport, New York-1914 226
32 Middle of the Atlantic Ocean-1928 232
33 A Test of Wills-1930 235
34 The Lone Eagle- 1934 239
35 The Battle of Britain-1940 244
36 The Authorized Biography-1943 246
37 Washington, DC-1943 249
38 Mabel Beck-1948 251
39 Wright Brothers, Wrong Story 254
Epilogue 261
Acknowledgments 265
Notes 267
Bibliography 293
Index 299