Okay… am I alone in not realizing that Kitty Hawk was in North Carolina? I guess I took the whole “two brothers from Ohio” thing to mean they achieved all their triumphs in Ohio which is supremely not the case. So most of us know the story of the Wright Brothers (even if we don’t all know the geography) and their breakthrough discoveries that led to modern airplanes. David McCullough delivers a well researched account of the boys’ journey to aviation glory without being too […]
A year in the revolution.
This isn’t the book I wanted to read, or was expecting to read, but it was good nonetheless. What I was expecting: 1. A book about the first full year of the American Revolution (this part was accurate). 2. Insight into the causes of the Revolution (absent almost completely). 3. Portrayals of the way the two sides saw each other, and why (somewhat present). 4. Stuff about George Washington and the other founding fathers (there was some stuff on George Washington, mostly in his role […]