Not many people know that the Wright brothers had a sister, Katharine Wright. She supported her high-flying, inventor brothers through their aviation triumphs and struggles. This is her story.
Drawing from letters, personal papers, and archived materials, Maurer chronicles the life of the younger sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright, who gave up her teaching career to help them promote their new flying machine. Includes an Author's Note and black-and-white photos.
On a Chill December day in 1903, a young woman came home from her teaching job in Dayton, Ohio, to find a telegram waiting for her. The woman was Katharine Wright; the telegram, from her brother Orville, announced the first successful airplane flight in history. In this, the...