My Review 5/5

Another fantastic portrait of American success story the Wright Brothers by McCullough.

Much like Michael Collins who orbited the moon, the unsung hero of this book is Charlie Taylor, the mechanic who ran the bike shop and provided the mechanical engine to power the first planes.

A classic “overnight success” traced through the 10 years leading up to it.

Copied from hardcover review

Well written account of the turn of the century optimism the Wright brothers found themselves in. Also a great look at the 3rd hero Charlie Taylor. Fantastic story telling by McCullogh

Date Read

2020/02/20

Date Added

2020/01/29

Goodreads book information

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22669004

Bookshelves: biography, history

Author’s Note

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David McCullough, The Wright Brothers, Simon Schuster Audio 2015 (Audio CD)1

Had accidently reviewed this twice(?) so combined onto the Audio CD format as I don’t remember reading this hardcover.

Significant revisions

tags: 2020, book, review, McCullough, biography, history

  • Apr 22nd, 2024 Converted to jekyll markdown format and copied to personal site
  • Feb 20th, 2020 Originally published on goodreads

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  1. ISBN: =”1442376082” ↩