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The Wright Brothers

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  • Mar 20, 2015
  • #History #Biography
David McCullough
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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 Wr... Show More

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.

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Number of Pages: 320

ISBN: 1476728747

ISBN-13: 9781476728742

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Morgan Housel @MorganHousel · May 12, 2017
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The Wright Brothers is one of the best business and innovation stories of all time.
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Austen Allred @austen · Nov 13, 2017
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What other books on the history of technology have you read and would recommend? I ran out of room to list books in a single tweet. Charlie Munger's book recommendations includes the Faraday Maxwell book and a few others:
Dan Rose @DanRose999 · Nov 21, 2022
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Yes, The Wright Brothers is an incredible book!
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