The twice Pulitzer Prize-winning David McCullough tells the untold story of the brave brothers who taught the world to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a wintry day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed the world. It would, however, take some time for the world to believe what had happened: the age of flight had just begun.

The Wright brothers were bicycle mechanics without higher education, but their success was no accident – they were two men of remarkable courage, determination, and endless curiosity, traits they attributed to their upbringing. The home in which they grew up may not have had electricity or running water, but it was filled with books thanks to Milton Wright, their progressive preacher father. They worked together, and no obstacle seemed insurmountable.

They had nothing more than a high school diploma, a little money, and no connections. Wilbur, however, was undoubtedly a genius. And Orville was an exceptionally resourceful engineer. Nothing could deter them from realizing their vision; to conquer the skies. And nothing stopped them, not even the fact that each time they took off, they risked their lives.

In this captivating book, renowned historian David McCullough draws from the rich archive of the Wright family, which included diaries, notebooks, and over a thousand letters, to portray the human side of the Wright brothers' story, as well as their sister, Katherine, an unsung hero without whom their story may have had a different outcome.