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David McCullough

David McCullough
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David McCullough

David McCullough is the author of several highly acclaimed works of biography and history including TRUMAN (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993), BRAVE COMPANIONS, THE GREAT BRIDGE and THE JONESTOWN FLOOD. He has also won the LOS ANGELES TIMES Book Award and is twice winner of the National Book Award.

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The Greater Journey will be released on July 04, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 17, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from Great Bridge
Jan 12, 2013
John Adams will be released on December 11, 2012 in
Dec 11, 2012
John Adams is now available in
Dec 11, 2012
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Chapter 1 from Elihu Washburne
Nov 10, 2012
Elihu Washburne will be released on November 06, 2012 in
Nov 06, 2012
Elihu Washburne is now available in
Nov 06, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Truman
Aug 28, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Brave Companions
Aug 23, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Johnstown Flood
Aug 04, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Mornings on Horseback
Jul 26, 2012
Great Bridge will be released on June 07, 2012 in
Jun 07, 2012
Great Bridge is now available in
Jun 07, 2012
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Chapter 1 from Great Bridge
Jan 15, 2012
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Text Excerpt 1 from John Adams
Dec 18, 2011
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John Adams has won an award
Dec 18, 2011

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Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 14, 2013
...the Sea,” winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2000. Like Pittsburgh native Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough, Philbrick's goal is to illuminate history through the letters, correspondences, newspapers accounts and...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 11, 2013
...is one of more than 700 undergraduates honored Saturday the colleges 59th commencement ceremony. Pulitzer-prize-winning author and historian David McCullough advised the young adults to never stop reading or learning. Ask questions. Its amazing what...
Vineyard Gazette, May 9, 2013
...grand old trees along Music street were threatened by a road-widening project some time ago, he and neighbor David McCullough were in the forefront of trying to preserve them. (Never one for titles and preferring to be called Lee, Benjamin Bird was...
News of Delaware County, May 8, 2013
...he said laughingly. Relaxing for Lockhart means reading anything connected with history, and doing research on the computer. David McCullough, known for his biographies on historic figures, is among his favorite authors. “There is always something...
HighBeam Research, May 6, 2013
...Few people could identify a Pulitzer Prize-winning author by his voice, except for David McCullough, with his plain-spoken baritone with just a hint of a croak in it that has accompanied so many PBS programs. He spoke recently at the annual Literary...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 6, 2013
...years. An editor known for his prowess with nonfictionbig names hes edited and/or acquired run the gamut from David McCullough to Bob Woodward and Jon Krakauer to Bob Dylanthe status of Blue Rider as a small imprint within a much larger corporate entity...
Here & Now, May 3, 2013
...Barrows “One Man’s Meat” by E.B. White “A Collection of Essays” by George Orwell “1776” by David McCullough Christian Science Monitor: Books To Read After Tragedy What are your book recommendations? Tell us on Facebook or in the...
Boston Globe, May 10, 2013
...Bostonians were (left to right) Governor Deval Patrick, Bank of America executive Anne Finucane, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough.        ...
Big News Network, May 10, 2013
...Ford; former U.S. Sens. Bob Dole of Kansas, and Jean Carnahan and Kit Bond of Missouri; historian David McCullough; news anchor Walter Cronkite and actor Gary Sinise. share this story reader comments No comments yet for this story what do you...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 9, 2013
...features a mix of public figures and alums, the latter returning to their alma maters as keynote speakers. David McCullough, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has more than 10 million copies of his histories and biographies in print, will help kick...
World News Network, May 9, 2013
...of spokespeople to wax poetic on behalf of the once-ubiquitous typewriter. Such prize-winning authors as Robert Caro and David McCullough,... more...
Kansas WB, May 9, 2013
...of spokespeople to wax poetic on behalf of the once-ubiquitous typewriter. Such prize-winning authors as Robert Caro and David McCullough, various collectors, journalists (including former L.A. Times reporter Alex Pham) and "typosphere" bloggers, plus an...
Sag Harbor Express, May 9, 2013
...to hone their skills. “Then we started doing ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’” says Sherman of the 1981 documentary based on David McCullough’s book on the famous span. Burns directed and Sherman and Squires were the producers. “That was our first...
Vineyard Gazette, May 9, 2013
...grand old trees along Music street were threatened by a road-widening project some time ago, he and neighbor David McCullough were in the forefront of trying to preserve them. (Never one for titles and preferring to be called Lee, Benjamin Bird was...