The Wright sister : Katharine Wright and her famous brothers / Richard Maurer.
| Author/creator | Maurer, Richard, 1950- author. |
| Other author | Roaring Brook Press, publisher. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Square Fish edition. |
| Publication | New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016. |
| Copyright Date | ©2003 |
| Description | 127 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | December 17, 1903 -- Taking off -- Journey -- Arrival. |
| Abstract | Presents a brief biography of the sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright. |
| Abstract | "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 first authoritative biography of the Wright brothers' sister, Richard Maurer tells Katharine's story. Smart and well-educated, she was both confidant and caregiver to her bachelor brothers, managing many of their affairs, traveling with them on frequent trips to demonstrate and promote their invention, and caring for them when they were sick from disease and injury. In doing so, she gave up her ambitions as a teacher and her early hopes of marriage. Only in middle age, when the Wrights' fame and fortune were secure, did she find personal happiness, with a man she had met years before in college--something that was to cost her the affection of her surviving brother Orville, who had come to depend on her, and who disowned her after her marriage."-Amazon.com |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) and index. |
| Interest age level | Ages 10-14 |
| Interest grade level | Grades 5-9 |
| Audience | 1010 Lexile |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 125007343X paperback |
| ISBN | 9781250073433 paperback |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B W9337M.A | ✔ Available | Place Hold |