On December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright's Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The Age of Flight had begun. How did they do it? And why? David McCullough tells the extraordinary and truly American story of the two brothers who changed the world.

An introduction to the lives and accomplishments of brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright.

With bold drawings, this book tells of the Wright Brothers, who persevered in fulfilling a dream that mankind had had for centuries--the dream of flight.