Maiden flight : a novel / Harry Haskell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskell, Harry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dayton (Ohio)--Fiction.

Dayton (Ohio).

Kansas City (Mo.)--Fiction.

Kansas City (Mo.).

Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929--Fiction.

Haskell, Katharine Wright.

Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952--Fiction.

Haskell, Henry Joseph.

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948--Fiction.

Wright, Orville.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"Katharine Wright embodied the worldly, independent, and self-fulfilled New Woman of the early twentieth century, yet she remained in many ways a Victorian. Torn between duty and love, she agonized for months before making a devastating break with her world-famous and intensely possessive older brother Orville to marry newspaper editor Harry Haskell, the man she loved. Written by the grandson of Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight is imaginatively reconstructed from personal letters, newspaper reports, and other documents of the period--in particular, Katharine's lively and extraordinarily revealing love letters to Harry. Above all, the book celebrates Katharine's abundant store of what she called "human nature"--her lively and perceptive outlook on life, her great capacity for both love and indignation, and her acute and sometimes crippling self-awareness"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Devotion; Interlude: The Explorer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Passion; Interlude: The Professor, R. H. Stetson; Release; Epilogue; Author's Note; Sources and Acknowledgments; Explanatory Notes; Glossary of Names; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61373-640-1

1-61373-639-8

OCLC:

949669678