{"product_id":"maiden-flight-harry-haskell-9781613736371","title":"Maiden Flight","description":"\u003ci\u003eMaiden Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the true-life story of the Wright sister who in 1926 left her world-famous and intensely possessive older brother to marry newspaper editor Harry Haskell, the man she loved, and suffered the unhappy consequences. An international celebrity in her own right, Katharine 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 her devastating break with Orville at age fifty-two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCast in the form of three interwoven first-person memoirs, \u003ci\u003eMaiden Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. In allowing Katharine to step outside of Wilbur and Orville's shadow, it sheds new light on the central role she played in their private lives, as well as on her often misunderstood contribution to their scientific work. Above all, \u003ci\u003eMaiden Flight \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Haskell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1613736371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613736371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Academy Chicago Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016 pg. 31","brand":"Harry Haskell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989386854655,"sku":"9781613736371","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_225c5c9e-7d42-446b-8af0-25073a6e8f83.jpg?v=1683299195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maiden-flight-harry-haskell-9781613736371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}