David mccullough wright brothers biography information

2015 book by David McCullough

The Wright Brothers is a 2015 non-fiction book written by the popular historian David McCullough and published by Simon & Schuster.

It is a history of the American inventors and aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright.^[1] The book was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list for seven weeks in 2015.^[2]

Production

McCullough first became interested in writing a book on the Wright brothers while researching for his book The Greater Journey, which explored the history of various notable Americans who lived in Paris during the 19th century.

In an interview with The Seattle Times, McCullough recalled, "I didn't know when (chronologically) I was going to end that book, and who do I run into in France but the Wright brothers." He continued, "I was delighted to find that Wilbur, at every chance, went to the Louvre to look at paintings, and the degree that he was moved by the gre