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The Wright Brothers
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Overview
The Wright Brothers is a 2015 nonfiction book by David McCullough touching on both biography and American history. It won the Combs Gates Award from the National Aviation Hall of Fame and the Ohioana Book Award. McCullough has authored several books on history and has twice won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. A graduate of Yale University, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. Other works by this author include The Johnstown Flood, Truman, and The Pioneers.
Summary
The book begins with the Wright family’s background. The first chapter describes the work and family life of the parents, Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Wright, before delving into the childhoods of Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine. The author also describes the adult Wilbur and Orville, comparing them based on a photograph in the frontispiece and expanding on this to include their personalities. Chapter 2 starts in 1896, the year the flying bug really bit the brothers, and continues through mid-1900, when they prepared to test a glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The third chapter covers test flights at Kitty Hawk during 1900 and 1901.
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