The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers

The book I done my report on is titled “The Importance of the Wright Brothers”. It was published by Lucent Books and the author is Michael J. Martin. It also has 128 pages. My report will contain a general overview of the book and my own personal opinions and thoughts.

This book is about the Wrights brothers lives and what they did in them to become important. The author starts off by explaining that the idea of flight to man was preposterous and that it could not be achieved. Wilbur and Orville Wright thought differently though with their persistent and active minds. The author seems to think very highly of these two since first off he wrote this book to tell how great they are and he only says positive things about them
He chose to sleep in his hangar with his airplanes and this came to a surprise to people because he was so famous. This was the only place he could get some real privacy though is why he chose too but even then people drilled holes in the walls just to get a peek of the mastermind of flight. This made him furious, He even thought about quitting and going home to Kitty Hawk while he was in Europe. Whenever he flew he wore a distinct green cap. After this was found out thousands of these green caps called ‘Veelburs’ were sold all over France so people could be just like him most likely. More things explained in chapter 8 are how the rest of the world was catching up with the Wrights in flight from the first international air races held at Reims. Wilbur and Orville were tearing it up in Europe while showing off their knowledge and skills of aviation.

Finally, after explaining some things that occurred in this book I will tell you my thoughts and what I think the author did and didn’t do. I do think the author achieved his purpose of explaining the importance of the Wrights brothers. He tells every aspect of their life and every detail of it. For example, in chapter 1 he says that there mechanically ability was nost likely inherited by their mother. That is very important information to understand how these two got started on their path of
Before reading it I thought it would be very boring and I wouldn’t like it. After getting to read a few chapters I was very intrigued in getting to know everything about the two brothers and how they became who they are. This bool succeeded in telling me everything I wanted to know such as where they lived and when their first flight happened which was December 17, 1903.

I enjoyed this book very much. It taught me everything there was to teach about the topic. Where they grew up, what they did, and what they achieved. If one of my peers was doing a report or needed to know information on the Wright brothers, I would definitely recommend this book to them. It is filled with valuable information that is very useful.

In conclusion, I enjoyed this book very much and it taught me a lot about these two special brothers. The impression this book left me with was very moving to know that such extraordinary and special things could be done by just a pair of brothers. I want whoever is thinking about reading this book to know that it is very informational and good. It taught me a lot that I had no idea about. This author has written a very inspirational