From Kitty Hawk to Kittyhawk: Orville Wright's Life on Georgian Bay in Canada -by Guy Johnstone -a Signed Copy ( A Y Jackson related)( Orville Wright ) by Johnstone, Guy (signed)( Orville Wright / A Y Jackson Related)(inc. Bob Hadeler; Jay Petree; George M Russel; Margaret Ellwyn Steeper Edwards Brown; Dick Hilborn; Ivonette Wright Miller; Kathy Johnstone ) - 2011

Midland, Ontario : Midland, ON: Guy R and Katherine Johnstone / The Huronia Museum, 2011, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2011. -------------softcover, about 10.5w x 8.25h inches, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, looks new, signed without inscription by Guy Johnstone, 148 pages, b&w as well as some colour photos, ---"Few Canadians are aware that for over 25 years, Wright vacationed in the then unspoiled wilderness of Georgian Bay. Facing ill health and depression after the death of his brother, Wilbur, Wright took a friend’s advice to spend time in the area. His first visit proved so beneficial to his health, he returned in 1916 and purchased Lambert Island. He purchased a series of boats from Gidley Boat Works in Penetanguishene; the last one was Kittyhawk in 1931. --According to the late Harold D. Shield, Orville did not name the boat Kittyhawk. In fact he didn’t name it anything. In keeping with his desire to receive as little attention as possible, he just ignored the urging of friends to name the boat. One of the friends was A.Y. Jackson, the famous Group of Seven artist, who painted regularly in the area. Realizing that Orville would ignore their gift of boat letters, they conspired to have Wright’s housekeeper present them to Orville for Christmas, knowing that he could not disappoint her by ignoring her gift. Orville dutifully accepted the gift of stainless steel letters and sent them off to Gidley’s with instructions to install them on each side of the bow and on the transom. Unfortunately he failed to advise them that the place name of the historic flight was two words, not one, so the resulting error persists to this day"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see desciption). Illus. by Photo Cover.