Works cited
Primary Sources:
"Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 and Wright, Orville 1871-1948." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 1: 1900-1909. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Jan. 2013.
This article discusses the different adventures the Wright brothers had.. Its a good resource and it explained their life and their journey from start to finish as well as stating the important dates of their inventions. What is good about this resource is that it has all the major information about the Wright brothers. Stated that they started from a kite and ended up with an airplane
Weinstein, Mike. "The Wright brothers take off." Appleseeds Dec. 2002: 2+. General OneFile. Web. 7 Jan. 2013.
This article discusses mainly on what happend on Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where they tested their first airplane, and it was Oriville Wright in control of the plane.. And it also have information about their careers on how they did not attended college.
Wright, Orville, "How We Invented the Airplane: An Illustrated History", edited by Fred C. Kelly, New York, Dover Publications, 1988.
This is a short book (88 pages), lavishly illustrated with lots of photos. (Bottom line -- it's a great primary source that won't take you long to read.) It's a collection of several magazine articles written by Orville Wright in which he tells the story of the invention of the airplane in his own words. The articles are strung together with commentary by Fred C. Kelly, a friend of Orville's and the official biographer of the Wright Brothers, to help you understand the whole story.
Kelly, Fred C., "The Wright Brothers: A Biography", New York, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1943. Republished by Dover Publications in 1989.
Although Fred Kelly is listed as the author of this book, this is really an "as told to" biography -- the story of the Wright brothers as told to Fred Kelly by Orville Wright. Kelly worked closely with Orville to create an "authorized" account of the invention of the airplane. Orville told Kelly the particulars of the story, then edited the final manuscript, so we have his assurance that Kelly's telling of the tale is as accurate as his own. In that sense, this can be considered a primary resource. It's a medium-size book (340 pages) and provides a full, detailed account of the lives of the Wright brothers.
Wright, Orville and Wilbur, "Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright", edited by Fred C. Kelly, New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., 1951. Republished by Dover Publications in 1996.
Now you're getting to the heart of the matter. This large book (482 pages) contains extracts from the letters and diaries of the Wright brothers. Kelly has strung them together in such a way as to create a first-person account of the invention of the airplane and the lives of the Wright brothers in detail. You learn what the brothers were thinking and why they did what they did at every turn of the story.
Miller, Ivonette Wright, "Wright Reminiscences", Dayton, Ohio, The Air Force Museum Foundation, 1978.
This will help fill in the story with first-hand accounts from people who knew the Wright brothers intimately. Ivonette Wright Miller was Lorin Wright's daughter and a niece of Wilbur and Orville Wright. She was at their home often to visit her uncles, her aunt (Katharine Wright), and her grandfather (Bishop Milton Wright). Along with the other relatives and friends whose reminiscences she has collected, Ms. Miller paints an intimate picture of life in the Wright household.
Engler, Nick. "Help with Homework." Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company. n.d. Bookworks, Inc. Web. 15 July 2009.
This website is very useful to my research, it has all the information I need besides the other primary sources I have, but I like this one because that's where I got most of my pictures from my website. And also the the timeline that was on the website was very nice, and I gave me a lot of information about the two brothers
"Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 and Wright, Orville 1871-1948." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 1: 1900-1909. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Jan. 2013.
This article discusses the different adventures the Wright brothers had.. Its a good resource and it explained their life and their journey from start to finish as well as stating the important dates of their inventions. What is good about this resource is that it has all the major information about the Wright brothers. Stated that they started from a kite and ended up with an airplane
Weinstein, Mike. "The Wright brothers take off." Appleseeds Dec. 2002: 2+. General OneFile. Web. 7 Jan. 2013.
This article discusses mainly on what happend on Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where they tested their first airplane, and it was Oriville Wright in control of the plane.. And it also have information about their careers on how they did not attended college.
Wright, Orville, "How We Invented the Airplane: An Illustrated History", edited by Fred C. Kelly, New York, Dover Publications, 1988.
This is a short book (88 pages), lavishly illustrated with lots of photos. (Bottom line -- it's a great primary source that won't take you long to read.) It's a collection of several magazine articles written by Orville Wright in which he tells the story of the invention of the airplane in his own words. The articles are strung together with commentary by Fred C. Kelly, a friend of Orville's and the official biographer of the Wright Brothers, to help you understand the whole story.
Kelly, Fred C., "The Wright Brothers: A Biography", New York, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1943. Republished by Dover Publications in 1989.
Although Fred Kelly is listed as the author of this book, this is really an "as told to" biography -- the story of the Wright brothers as told to Fred Kelly by Orville Wright. Kelly worked closely with Orville to create an "authorized" account of the invention of the airplane. Orville told Kelly the particulars of the story, then edited the final manuscript, so we have his assurance that Kelly's telling of the tale is as accurate as his own. In that sense, this can be considered a primary resource. It's a medium-size book (340 pages) and provides a full, detailed account of the lives of the Wright brothers.
Wright, Orville and Wilbur, "Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright", edited by Fred C. Kelly, New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., 1951. Republished by Dover Publications in 1996.
Now you're getting to the heart of the matter. This large book (482 pages) contains extracts from the letters and diaries of the Wright brothers. Kelly has strung them together in such a way as to create a first-person account of the invention of the airplane and the lives of the Wright brothers in detail. You learn what the brothers were thinking and why they did what they did at every turn of the story.
Miller, Ivonette Wright, "Wright Reminiscences", Dayton, Ohio, The Air Force Museum Foundation, 1978.
This will help fill in the story with first-hand accounts from people who knew the Wright brothers intimately. Ivonette Wright Miller was Lorin Wright's daughter and a niece of Wilbur and Orville Wright. She was at their home often to visit her uncles, her aunt (Katharine Wright), and her grandfather (Bishop Milton Wright). Along with the other relatives and friends whose reminiscences she has collected, Ms. Miller paints an intimate picture of life in the Wright household.
Engler, Nick. "Help with Homework." Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company. n.d. Bookworks, Inc. Web. 15 July 2009.
This website is very useful to my research, it has all the information I need besides the other primary sources I have, but I like this one because that's where I got most of my pictures from my website. And also the the timeline that was on the website was very nice, and I gave me a lot of information about the two brothers