The Wright Brothers

"Most school kids know that Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first to fly a mechanized plane, but the brothers’ story is so much more than that simple fact, as David McCullough lays out in his typical crisp and compelling style. Wilbur and Orville were an unlikely pair, complementing each other at every stage and thriving in their insular world. McCullough also explores their sister Katharine’s instrumental contributions to their success, and explains how she, too, took to the skies. More than a century later, the Wright family trials and successes are as captivating as if they had taken place last year."

"I'm loving "The Wright Brothers" in particular — the story of how these scrappy brothers with no connection to great wealth, fancy education or people in power went down to Kitty Hawk and through sheer will, determination and natural ingenuity changed the world."