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In Her Own Wright

 

This three-part podcast, hosted and narrated by Harry Haskell, explores the public and private lives of the extraordinary woman who has long stood in the shadow of the world-renowned fathers of powered flight. In Her Own Wright places Katharine Wright in historical context as a trail-blazing feminist and an indispensable member of the Wright family team. It also explores Katharine's late-life romance with Kansas City newspaperman Harry (Henry J.) Haskell, the author's grandfather and namesake, and the tragic breach it brought about between her and Orville. Throughout the podcast, dramatic readings from Katharine's letters are interwoven with the voices of scholars, historians, family members, and other interpreters, who offer their own illuminating perspectives on the "Wright Sister" and her times.

 

 

 

 

Maiden Flight

Torn between duty and love, Katharine Wright agonized for months before making a devastating break with her world-famous brother Orville to marry newspaper editor Henry J. (Harry) Haskell. A work of creative nonfiction, Maiden Flight is imaginatively reconstructed from personal letters, newspaper reports, and other documents—in particular, Katharine's lively and extraordinarily revealing love letters to Harry.

Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its "Star"

At the turn of the 20th century, the Kansas City Star was a trust-busting newspaper acclaimed for its crusading progressive spirit; fifty years later it was a busted trust, targeted in the most important antitrust action ever brought against an American daily. Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds tells the tale of the Star's rise and decline against the richly textured backdrop of Kansas City--the story of how a newspaper and a city grew together and ultimately grew apart.

The Early Music Revival: A History

Praised by the New York Times as "a book full of information and ideas," The Early Music Revival is a comprehensive study of the historical performance movement from the 18th century to the present. Based on extensive original research, as well as interviews with leading artists and scholars in Europe and the United States, the book scrutinizes major figures and trends in the early music revival, and assesses the remarkable impact they have had--and continue to have--on mainstream musical life.

The Attentive Listener: Three Centuries of Music Criticism

This wide-ranging anthology brings together music journalism from the United States, England, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Latin America, and Canada. By turns sober and satirical, the 100 short essays explore such key topics as the nature of musical taste and criticism, the cult of the charismatic performer, cultural nationalism, program music, and the impact of modern technologies on composers, performers, and audiences.
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