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Sep 03, 2016lmaupin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book is much more interesting than I expected it to be. The race to be "first in flight" was dramatic and fraught with deadly peril, and McCullough is a gifted writer who draws upon scores of family letters, newspaper accounts, photographs and other sources to tell the story of an obsession that changed the world. The book is also a rich source of the social and cultural history of one of America's greatest eras. I expected just to skim through it, but wound up reading it carefully and with much pleasure.