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Twotime winner of the pulitzer prize david mccullough tells the dramatic storybehindthestory about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly. Most people recognize the famous blackandwhite photo of the wright brothers on a winter day in 1903, in a remote spot called kitty hawk, when they secured their place in history as the first to fly a motorpowered airplane. Sharing details from their childhood growing up without electricity, but surrounded by books and encouragement from their preacher father, the two young men never stopped learning or questioning. The author in his office has written several books on american history, including 1776 and the great bridge. His other acclaimed books include the johnstown flood, the great bridge, brave companions, 1776, the greater journey, and the wright brothers. The wright brothers kindle edition by mccullough, david.
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