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Everyone knows that the Wright brothers were the first to fly, but few
people know that they were engaged in a David and Goliath struggle with their
own Federal Government. President McKinley's administration decided to dedicate
an unprecedented amount of money and to tap such men as Thomas Edison,
Alexander Graham Bell and Samuel P. Langley to make sure that the first flyers
would be American. The Wright brothers refused financial support from the
government for fear of the strings that might be attached to it, and resolved
to go it alone. This book tells the story of the struggle between the Wright
brothers and the Federal Government, and the raw ambition, high ideals, greed,
and cloak and dagger tactics of each side. By 1903, the Federal venture was in
its seventh year and the Wright brothers had been working nights and weekends
often in secret for four years, but everything came to a head in eight tense
days in December when the battle - and the fame and fortune that would follow -
was decided and the Wright brothers emerged victorious. This is the story of the struggle between the Wright brothers and the
federal government. In 1903 the Federal venture was in its seventh year and the
Wright brothers had been working for four years but everything came to a head
in eight tense days in December when the battle was decided.
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