![]() One day while out to lunch with a few friends, the discussion turned to the challenges Roebling faced in building the Brooklyn Bridge. I didn’t want to be “Bad News McCullough.” So I decided that my next book would focus on a symbol of affirmation. Well, I thought to myself, I’m being typecast already, and I’ve only written one book. It received a positive reaction from readers, and I was immediately approached by two different publishers who wanted me to write about the Chicago fire and the San Francisco earthquake. This year, it’ll be 50 years since I began work on my first book, The Johnstown Flood. What was it about the Wright brothers that attracted you as a writer? The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer combed through a thousand pages of letters and diaries, and traveled from Ohio to Kitty Hawk, N.C., to Le Mans, France, to show readers the real Orville and Wilbur Wright and relate what their story can teach us about faith and determination. ![]() ![]() In his latest book, The Wright Brothers (Simon & Schuster), McCullough offers an elegantly crafted portrait of the two men at the forefront of human flight. For half a century, he’s brought the past to life, introducing readers to topics that range from the American Revolution to the Johnstown Flood to Harry Truman. David McCullough on the Wright Brothers - and 50 Years of Writing History CloseĪuthor David McCullough has produced some of the most celebrated biographies in recent history. ![]()
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