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David McCullough (1933–2022)

Author of John Adams

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David McCullough was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 7, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Yale University in 1955. After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked as a trainee at Sports Illustrated. He later worked as a writer and editor for the United States Information Agency, in Washington, D.C., including a position at American Heritage. His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in 1968. His other books include 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. He received the Pulitzer Prize twice for Truman and John Adams and the National Book Award twice for The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal and Mornings on Horseback. He also won two Francis Parkman Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and New York Public Library's Literary Lion Award. Two of his books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted into a television movie and mini-series, respectively, by HBO. In December 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2015 with his book The Wright Brothers, and in 2017 with The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For. (Bowker Author Biography) David McCullough is a writer, historian, lecturer, & teacher. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman", as well as the Francis Parkman Prize, & the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award. He is also a two-time winner of the National Book Award, for history & for biography. He lives in Massachusetts. (Publisher Provided) — biography from John Adams… (more)
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John Adams 12,995 copies, 190 reviews
1776 12,440 copies, 237 reviews
Truman 5,571 copies, 76 reviews
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 3,148 copies, 54 reviews
The Wright Brothers 2,975 copies, 127 reviews
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished… 2,644 copies, 65 reviews
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris 2,555 copies, 73 reviews
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge 2,518 copies, 57 reviews
The Johnstown Flood 2,135 copies, 68 reviews
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American… 1,627 copies, 47 reviews
Brave Companions: Portraits In History 1,148 copies, 20 reviews
1776: The Illustrated Edition 744 copies, 6 reviews
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For 587 copies, 20 reviews
In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story 353 copies, 10 reviews
John Adams [2008 TV mini series] (Screenwriter) 168 copies, 3 reviews
Truman Fires MacArthur: (ebook excerpt of Truman) 111 copies, 3 reviews
The Course of Human Events 108 copies, 3 reviews
1776 {abridged audiobook} 29 copies, 2 reviews
David McCullough American History : John Adams; 1776; Truman; the Course… 16 copies
David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great… 14 copies
John Adams (Reader's Companion) 13 copies, 1 review
Truman I 9 copies
David McCullough: The Presidential Biographies: John Adams, Mornings on… 9 copies
John Adams / Truman Mornings on Horseback / The Course of Human Events 9 copies
Collecting History 8 copies
Truman II 7 copies
American History 7 copies
Great Moments in History: 1776 / The Johnstown Flood / Path Between the… 7 copies
The American Heritage World War II Chronology 7 copies
John Adams and the Good Life of the Mind 6 copies
Spring Wind: The Story of the Japanese Martial Arts 5 copies, 1 review
John Adams: Part 1: Join or Die [2008 TV series] (Writer) 4 copies
Why history? : remarks by David McCullough in acceptance of the National… 4 copies
People, Books and Book People: Ninety Authors Talk to David W. McCullough 3 copies
Faces 2 copies
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris [Abridged, Audiobook] (Author) 2 copies
Seabiscuit: America's Legendary Racehorse - The True Story (A… 2 copies
Truman / Mornings on Horseback / Brave Companions / The Great Bridge 2 copies
The Autobiography of an Execution 1 copy
America and France : the historic ties that bind 1 copy
Great Bridge: Volume Two 1 copy
John Adams, Volume 2 (Unabridged) 1 copy
American Spirit, The - Who We Are and What We Stand For 1 copy
The Brooklyn Bridge 1 copy
The Lessons of History 1 copy
Short Stories 1 copy
Timeless Leadership 1 copy
David McCullough American Presidents E-Book Box Set: John Adams, Mornings… 1 copy
John Adams, Volume 1 (Unabridged) 1 copy
Rare David McCullough 1776 Illustrated Edition 2007 Simon & Schuster HC… 1 copy
Adams (John Adams) 1 copy
1776 História dos homens que lutaram na guerra pela independência dos… 1 copy
Crossing the Distance: A Look at Scientific, Artistic, and Technological… 1 copy, 1 review
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What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have… (Contributor) 1,708 copies, 25 reviews
What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have… (Contributor) 483 copies, 7 reviews
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (Contributor) 446 copies, 4 reviews
Seabiscuit [2003 film] (Narrator) 435 copies, 3 reviews
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of… (Contributor) 416 copies, 4 reviews
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Introduction) 322 copies, 7 reviews
The Civil War [1990 TV series] (Narrator) 237 copies, 2 reviews
The National Archives of the United States (Introduction) 174 copies, 1 review
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (Preface) 102 copies, 1 review
Character Above All: Ten Presidents from FDR to George Bush (Contributor) 100 copies, 2 reviews
Affection and Trust (Introduction) 66 copies
Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in America's History (Foreword) 59 copies, 1 review
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1968 v04 (Contributor) 43 copies
Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word: Twenty-Five Years of Book Cover… (Introduction) 39 copies, 2 reviews
Power and the Presidency 38 copies
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God [1984 TV episode] (Narrator) 29 copies
Thomas Mellon and his times (Foreword, some editions) 26 copies, 1 review
Truman [1995 TV movie] (Original book) 25 copies
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 23 1993 20 copies
Reagan: An American Story (Foreword) 19 copies
American Experience: The Donner Party [1992 TV episode] (Narrator) 17 copies, 1 review
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (Author "The Revolution's Dunkirk") 15 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (Author "Truman Fires MacArthur") 14 copies
The Congress [1988 TV episode] (Narrator) 13 copies
Empires: Napoleon : Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman [2006 TV episode] (Narrator) 12 copies
Ken Burns' America Collection (Brooklyn Bridge/The Statue of… (Narrator) 11 copies
American Experience: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter [1988 TV… (Narrator) 11 copies, 1 review
American Experience: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring [1993 TV episode] (Narrator) 10 copies
Statue of Liberty [1985 TV episode] 10 copies
American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt [2000 TV episode] (Narrator) 10 copies, 1 review
American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn [1992 TV episode] (Narrator) 10 copies
Huey Long [1985 TV episode] (Narrator) 9 copies
The Way West: How the West Was Lost and Won, 1845-1893 [1995 TV series] (Introduction) 8 copies
NOVA: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama [1987 TV episode] (Narrator) 7 copies
American Experience: LBJ [1991 TV episode] (Narrator) 7 copies
American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance [1988 TV episode] (Narrator) 7 copies, 1 review
American Experience: America 1900 [1998 TV episode] (Narrator) 7 copies
An American Chronology: The Photographs of David Plowden (Introduction) 7 copies
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King [1992 film] (Narrator) 6 copies
American Experience: The Orphan Trains [1995 TV episode] (Host) 6 copies
Degenerate Art [1993 TV movie] (Narrator) 6 copies, 2 reviews
American Experience: The Battle of the Bulge [1994 TV episode] (Narrator) 5 copies
American Experience: The Presidents Collection (Narrator) 5 copies
California Typewriter [2016 film] 4 copies, 1 review
American Experience: FDR [1994 TV episode] (Narrator) 4 copies
American Experience: The Crash of 1929 [1990 TV episode] (Narrator) 4 copies
American Experience: The Wright Stuff [1996 TV episode] (Narrator) 3 copies
American Experience: Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground… (Narrator) 3 copies
American Experience: The Great War 1918 [1989 TV episode] (Narrator) 3 copies
American Experience: Ike [1993 TV episode] (Narrator) 2 copies
American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry [1991 TV… (Narrator) 2 copies, 1 review
American Experience: Andrew Carnegie, The Richest Man in the World [1997… (Narrator) 2 copies
American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues [1988 TV episode] (Narrator) 1 copy
The Great Air Race of 1924 [1989 film] (Narrator) 1 copy
Reader's Digest Today's Nonfiction Best Sellers 1977 Good Evening… 1 copy
The Wizard of Photography: George Eastman (Narrator) 1 copy
American Experience: Spy in the Sky [1996 TV episode] (Narrator) 1 copy
American Experience: A Family Gathering [1989 TV episode] (Narrator) 1 copy
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Canonical name
Legal name
McCullough, David Gaub
Other names
Date of birth
1933-07-07
Date of death
2022-08-07
Burial location
West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death
Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Education
Yale University (B.A. ∙ English ∙ 1955)
Linden Avenue Grade School
Shady Side Academy
Occupations
historian
biographer
television host
Relationships
Lawson, Dorie McCullough (daughter)
McCullough, Rosalee Barnes (wife)
McCulllough, Hax (brother)
Wilder, Thornton (teacher)
Warren, Robert Penn (teacher)
Agents
Morton Janklow
Organizations
Skull and Bones (Yale University)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 2006)
Awards and honors
National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1995)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006)
Jefferson Lecture (2003)
Charles Frankel Prize (1995)
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award
Short biography
David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback; His other widely praised books are 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Johnstown Flood. He has been honored with the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award, the National Humanities Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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