The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers New York Times Best Seller David McCullough

The Wright Brothers Historical Novel

The Wright Brothers, the boys first exhibited their mechanical genius in their print shop and then in their bicycle shop, which allowed them the income and space upstairs for machine-shop invention. Dreams of flight were reawakened by reading accounts by Otto Lilienthal and other learned treatises and, specifically, watching how birds flew. Wilbur’s dogged writing to experts such as civil engineer Octave Chanute and the Smithsonian Institute provided advice and response, as others had long been preoccupied by controlled flight.

“An outstanding saga of the lives of two men who left such a giant footprint on our modern age.”
An enjoyable, fast-paced tale. . . . A fun, fast ride.”

ISBN 9781476728742