01742cam a2200349 i 4500 1709786234 TxGeo 20241110120000.0 240905s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023058092 9781728257877 hbk. 1728257875 hbk. (OCoLC)1410389535 TxGeo rda Wood, Tracey Enerson, author. Katharine, the Wright sister / Tracey Enerson Wood. Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2024] 434 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes a reading group guide and conversation with the author. Everyone knows of Orville and Wilbur, the famous Wright brothers who invented and piloted the first powered airplane. But how many have heard of their sister Katharine, a vital member of the team? It was Katharine that kept the family businesses afloat, Katharine who secured financial backers for the project, Katharine who marketed their invention worldwide. While the brothers were brilliant inventors and builders, Katharine was the glue that held their family and their business together. As important as she was to the Wright family, she has often been forgotten in the history books. No longer. 20241119. Haskell, Katharine Wright 1874-1929 Fiction. Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Fiction. Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 Fiction. Flight Fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. QS5