The Wright Brothers: An Interview With David McCullough

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, talks about his research and discoveries about the Wright brothers, their extreme determination, their family, and the many, many people who played parts in their great success as innovators. Read t

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0:36.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast I'm Holly Fry, and I'm Tracy V. Wilson.
0:45.7	And today is kind of a fun little treat.
0:48.7	Since our listeners or history buffs, I am confident that many of them already know about David McCullough and who he is.
0:55.7	And I was lucky enough to get to interview him recently about his brand new book, The Right Brothers.
1:00.7	So just in case you don't know though, he is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for his books, John Adams and Truman.
1:07.7	If you watch the Amazing HBO mini-series on John Adams, that was based on his book.
1:11.7	He's written a great deal about history in addition to those two books, including 1776.
1:16.7	And his last book was The Greater Journey, American's Imperus, which actually gets referenced in this upcoming interview.
1:22.7	He's also won the presidential medal of freedom, as well as numerous other accolades.
1:27.7	So in short, he totally knows his stuff when it comes to writing about history.
1:31.7	In his latest work, he examines the lives of the men who are often considered to be sort of the quintessential American inventors.
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