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Since David McCullough started writing about Wilbur's travels in France I have been much more bored than before, when he wrote more about the aviation aspects of the Wright's life. This part in Paris has been largely about the business between Wibur and French military. I found Wilbur's engrossment in the Louvre and his artistic pleasures interesting, but in my opinion chapter 7 has dragged on.

David McCullough is great at depicted in rising excitement within Dayton and beyond. Now in 1905 the brother's FLYER III can go as high up as 200 feet, and fly up to 11 miles! At first, the progression was tedious but now I feel excited reading about all the people that are excited about the brothers flying machine. I found the writing about a beekeeper, Root to be some of the best so far.

While reading The Wright brothers I expect to see excerpts of their mindset throughout building the first engine/propeller-powered plane, but when David McCullough talks about their arguments it is disappointing not to hear it in their own words. It would be impossible to do this, and McCullough is still doing a good job bringing the book to life, for the most part, with quotes directly from Catherine or the brothers

Now the brother Orville and Wilbur have been traveling to Kitty Hawk in the Carolinas a few times a year to test their "aeronautic devices." David McCullough is a skilled writer that keeps the story interesting be including quotes and letters to and from the brothers. This brings the book alive and shows he has done great research prior to writing.

So far I have learned about the Wright brother's early life in Indiana but mostly in Dayton, Ohio. This first chapter pays attention to the bortherś differences and their matching personality that led to them being ¨naturally inseparable.¨