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ISBN
9781476728742
Book Title
Wright Brothers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
2015
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
David Mccullough
Genre
Transportation, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Aviation / History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Width
6.2 in
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476728747
ISBN-13
9781476728742
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201716663

Product Key Features

Book Title
Wright Brothers
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Aviation / History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
David Mccullough
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in

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Trade
LCCN
2014-046049
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
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David McCullough has etched a brisk, admiring portrait of the modest, hardworking Ohioans who designed an airplane in their bicycle shop and solved the mystery of flight on the sands of Kitty Hawk, N.C. He captures the marvel of what the Wrights accomplished and, just as important, the wonder felt by their contemporaries. . . . Mr. McCullough is in his element writing about seemingly ordinary folk steeped in the cardinal American virtues--self-reliance and can-do resourcefulness., David McCullough's The Wright Brothers is a story about two brothers and one incredible moment in American history. But it's also a story that resonates with anyone who believes deeply in the power of technology to change lives - and the resistance some have to new innovations., Few historians have captured the essence of America - its rise from an agrarian nation to the world's dominant power - like David McCullough. . . . McCullough has defined American icons and revealed new dimensions to stories that long seemed exhausted. . . . An elegant, sweeping look at the two Americans who went where no others had gone before and whose work helped create a national excellence in aviation that continues today., McCullough vividly re-creates the failures and disappointments as the Wright brothers puzzle out the scienceof bird- and insect-wing design. . . . [McCullough] continues to deliverhigh-quality material with familiar facility and grace., A story of timeless importance, told with uncommon empathy and fluency. . . . A story, well told, about what might be the most astonishing feat mankind has ever accomplished. . . . The Wright Brothers soars., McCullough's magical account of [the Wright Brothers'] early adventures -- enhanced by volumes of family correspondence, written records, and his own deep understanding of the country and the era -- shows as never before how two Ohio boys from a remarkable family taught the world to fly., Pleasurable to read. . . . McCullough has a gift for finding the best in his subjects without losing perspective on their flaws., McCullough's magical account of [the Wright Brothers'] early adventures - enhanced by volumes of family correspondence, written records, and his own deep understanding of the country and the era - shows as never before how two Ohio boys from a remarkable family taught the world to fly., McCullough's usual warm, evocative prose makes for an absorbing narrative; he conveys both the drama of the birth of flight and the homespun genius of America's golden age of innovation., A master storyteller. . . . The brothers' story unfolds and develops with grace and insight in a style at which McCullough is simply the best., A compelling, upbeat story that underscores the importance of industriousness, creative intelligence and indomitable patience., Few historians have captured the essence of America -- its rise from an agrarian nation to the world's dominant power -- like David McCullough. . . . McCullough has defined American icons and revealed new dimensions to stories that long seemed exhausted. . . . An elegant, sweeping look at the two Americans who went where no others had gone before and whose work helped create a national excellence in aviation that continues today., We all know what they did and where they did it -- Kitty Hawk, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But McCullough digs deeply to find out how they did it, and why they did it, and what happened to them in the years that followed., [A] fluently rendered, skillfully focused study. . . . An educational and inspiring biography of seminal American innovators., David McCullough has etched a brisk, admiring portrait of the modest, hardworking Ohioans who designed an airplane in their bicycle shop and solved the mystery of flight on the sands of Kitty Hawk, N.C. He captures the marvel of what the Wrights accomplished and, just as important, the wonder felt by their contemporaries. . . . Mr. McCullough is in his element writing about seemingly ordinary folk steeped in the cardinal American virtues-self-reliance and can-do resourcefulness., [McCullough] takes the Wrights' story aloft. . . . Concise, exciting, and fact-packed. . . . Mr. McCullough presents all this with dignified panache, and with detail so granular you may wonder how it was all collected., We all know what they did and where they did it - Kitty Hawk, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But McCullough digs deeply to find out how they did it, and why they did it, and what happened to them in the years that followed.
Dewey Decimal
629.130092/273 B
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#1 New York Times bestseller Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot. Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did? David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the surprising, profoundly American story of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, they were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity, much of which they attributed to their upbringing. The house they lived in had no electricity or indoor plumbing, but there were books aplenty, supplied mainly by their preacher father, and they never stopped reading. When they worked together, no problem seemed to be insurmountable. Wilbur was unquestionably a genius. Orville had such mechanical ingenuity as few had ever seen. That they had no more than a public high school education, little money and no contacts in high places, never stopped them in their "mission" to take to the air. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off in one of their contrivances, they risked being killed. In this thrilling book, master historian David McCullough draws on the immense riches of the Wright Papers, including private diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, and more than a thousand letters from private family correspondence to tell the human side of the Wright Brothers' story, including the little-known contributions of their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them.
LC Classification Number
TL540.W7M3825 2015

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  • by smartin067
    Dec 30, 2024Top favorable review

    Good read but a bit too much legalize.

    This is a very fine look at the Wright brothers work in developing the first true heavier than air flying machine. The book is a very interesting and fact filled read about not only the brothers but also their father, sister and also Glenn Curtis who became their primary competitor. I did learn a lot about the entire Wright family and about some of the interesting ways they developed the knowledge required to be the first to fly. The book has some very nice photos (some I had not seen before), of themselves, their family and their flyers A in the air and on the ground. The book gets 4 stars from me only because it goes into very great detail concerning the Wrights lawsuits against Glenn Curtis (and others) concerning their patent infringement claims. While the legal ...

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: treasures1118

  • by ronro.us.gxrd4e4qa
    Jul 05, 2016Top critical review

    The great McCullough stumbles ...just a bit

    Let me just say it: I believe David McCullough to be a national treasure and u eagerly awaited this book . However, as I worked through the first few chapters, I could not help but think the work was unusually (for McCullough ) superficial and lacking in the degree of detail o have been used to from his works. I finished the book in just a couple days and seldom put it aside to reflect o. The topic or his handling of it-it just didn't stile me as substantial history. I have not read much about the Wright brothers in the past so perhaps they just aren't a riveting biographical topic (which given their impact on history would be hard to accept)...but regardless, I I was left feeling a bit short changed on such a potentially zing topic.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: gohastings

  • by 9_ndHbo-T1O@Deleted
    Jul 04, 2019

    Great book of Air flight in history.

    Excellent start of aviation history and it's birth, great author, give a sense, of realism, and a sense of what the Wright bros went tt Through in establishing men to fly.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: sd-hardrocker

  • by mayjj46
    Nov 13, 2019

    An accurate historical read but makes you feel like your are there.

    Only on pg50 but hooked. I've spent time in Kitty Hawk NC and read lots about the Wright Brothers but David McCullough delves into the personal lives and inter-relationships between the brothers and their sister. His writing brings it to life......I love it. The beauty of this book as well as other of his is it's an accurate historical read but makes you feel like your are there; historical reading that's fun. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in aviation history and/or life at the turn of the century.

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  • by j0hnmastr0
    Jan 16, 2023

    Wright Brothers in Detail

    The author researched a wealth of correspondence written in the day by the WRIGHT FAMILY members and details their struggle to be recognized as the first inventors of the airplane, and why their airplane was sent to France to be on display for several years.

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