Resources
The following selected links provide information on the Wright brothers, Wright Brothers National Memorial, First Flight Centennial review, and other aviation-related topics.
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Best Books
The Bishop Boys, by Dr. Tom Crouch
The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age, by Dr. Tom Crouch and Dr. Peter Jakab
Wind and Sand, by Lynanne Wescott and Paula Degen
The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Edited by Dr. Peter Jakab and Rick Young
The Wright Brothers , A biography by Fred G. Kelley
Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers, by Fred Howard
Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910 by Julie Hedgepeth Williams
Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright, edited by Fred Kelly
Kill Devil Hill: Discovering the Secret of the Wright Brothers, by Harry Combs
The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, edited by Marvin McFarland
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight, by Fred E. C. Culik and Spencer Dunmore
First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane by T.A. Heppenheimer
First in Flight: The Wright Brothers in North Carolina, Stephen Kirk
The Wright Brothers, by Michael Martin
The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright: including the Chanute-Wright letters in the Papers of Octave Chanute. New York, Edited by Marvin McFarland
The Wright Brothers: The Birth of Modern Aviation, by Anna Sproule