[BOOK]-The Wright Brothers

On a winter day in 1903 on the remote Outer Banks of North Carolina two brothers changed history But it would take the world some time to believe that The age of flight had begun with the first heavierthanair powered machine carrying a pilotFar more than a couple of Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success Wilbur and Orville Wright were men of exceptional ability unyielding determination and farranging intellectual interest and curiosity Twotime Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough tells the dramatic story of how these courageous brothers taught the world how to fly and how their devoted sister Katherine played a far more important role than has been generally understood

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