CONTENTS[Author’s Preface][vii][Prologue][3][I. BOYHOOD][5][II. BACKGROUND][19][III. PRINTING—AND BICYCLES][29][IV. FIRST THOUGHTS OF FLIGHT][45][V. GLIDING AT KITTY HAWK][58][VI. FIRST POWER FLIGHT][84][VII. AFTER THE EVENT][112][VIII. EXPERIMENTS OF 1904-’05][120][IX. IT STILL WASN’T “NEWS”][139][X. U. S. ARMY NOT INTERESTED][147][XI. EUROPE DISCOVERS THE WRIGHTS][166][XII. THE WRIGHTS IN EUROPE][194][XIII. A DEAL WITH THE U. S.][207][XIV. END OF DISBELIEF][226][XV. WHEN WILBUR WRIGHT WON FRANCE][233][XVI. FURTHER ADVENTURES IN 1909][254][XVII. IN AVIATION BUSINESS][268][XVIII. PATENT SUITS][287][XIX. WHY THE WRIGHT PLANE WAS EXILED][300][Index][335]