The painstaking historical detective work of Ohio: Home of the Wright Brothers brings to life the deep historical context of the brothers' achievements and thereby vastly enriches our understanding not just of the brothers and their extraordinary extended family, but of an entire era in American history. Chmiel's book shows how the history of a state, a city, and a family helped shape the inventors of the airplane." - Ohioana Quarterly - "Louis Chmiel has created a monument of a book. Like many of their fellow settlers, the Wright ancestors exhibited grit, determination, and ingenuity. "This meticulously researched book not only tells the story of the Wright Brothers, but also the history of their family, beginning with the first ancestors to settle in the Ohio territory in the 1780s.
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