David McCullough (1933–2022)
Autore di John Adams
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di David McCullough
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became… (1981) 2,841 copie
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (2019) 1,909 copie
David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood,… (2011) 16 copie
David McCullough American History : John Adams; 1776; Truman; the Course of Human Events (2011) 16 copie
Ken Burns' America Collection (Brooklyn Bridge/The Statue of Liberty/Empire of the Air/The Congress/Thomas Hart… (1996) — Narratore — 14 copie
David McCullough: The Presidential Biographies: John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, and Truman (1982) 12 copie
Great Moments in History: 1776 / The Johnstown Flood / Path Between the Seas / The Great Bridge / The Course of Human… (2011) 8 copie
American History 8 copie
John Adams: Part 1: Join or Die [2008 TV series] — Writer — 3 copie
Faces 2 copie
The Lessons of History 1 copia
The Brooklyn Bridge 1 copia
Short Stories 1 copia
Timeless Leadership 1 copia
Great Bridge: Volume Two 1 copia
Opere correlate
Se Lenin non avesse fatto la rivoluzione. Nuove ipotesi di storie fatte con i se. (1999) — Collaboratore — 1,773 copie
What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2003) — Collaboratore — 502 copie
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Collaboratore — 464 copie
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Collaboratore — 429 copie
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Prefazione — 109 copie
Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word: Twenty-Five Years of Book Cover Art (1995) — Introduzione — 40 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (1992) — Author "Truman Fires MacArthur" — 16 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "The Revolution's Dunkirk" — 15 copie
Empires: Napoleon : Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman [2006 TV episode] (2000) — Narratore — 12 copie
American Experience: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter [1988 TV episode] (1980) — Narratore — 11 copie
The Way West: How the West Was Lost and Won, 1845-1893 [1995 TV series] (1995) — Introduzione — 8 copie
American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance [1988 TV episode] (1988) — Narratore — 7 copie
American Experience: Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad [1990 TV episode] (2007) — Narratore — 3 copie
American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry [1991 TV episode] (1991) — Narratore — 2 copie
American Experience: Andrew Carnegie, The Richest Man in the World [1997 TV episode] — Narratore — 2 copie
The Great Air Race of 1924 [1989 film] — Narratore — 1 copia
American Experience: A Family Gathering [1989 TV episode] — Narratore — 1 copia
American Experience: Spy in the Sky [1996 TV episode] — Narratore — 1 copia
American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues [1988 TV episode] — Narratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- McCullough, David Gaub
- Data di nascita
- 1933-07-07
- Data di morte
- 2022-08-07
- Luogo di sepoltura
- West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Istruzione
- Yale University (B.A. ∙ English ∙ 1955)
Linden Avenue Grade School
Shady Side Academy - Attività lavorative
- historian
biographer
television host - Relazioni
- Lawson, Dorie McCullough (daughter)
McCullough, Rosalee Barnes (wife)
McCulllough, Hax (brother)
Wilder, Thornton (teacher)
Warren, Robert Penn (teacher) - Organizzazioni
- Skull and Bones (Yale University)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 2006) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- 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
National Humanities Medal (1995) (mostra tutto 9)
Christopher Life Achievement Award (2008)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Award (2012)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2000) - Agente
- Morton Janklow
- Breve biografia
- 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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Discussioni
The Path Between the Seas group read in 2013 Category Challenge (Novembre 2013)
Recensioni
One of the best biographies I have ever read. Learned so much about the Founding Fathers and have a great deal of respect for John Adams.
An excellent read, but that's what you expect from David McCullough. 4.5 stars
Enjoy every Roosevelt bio I try. This one had a little more on Elliot, who interests me. Lots of good quotes from primary sources
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- Opere
- 52
- Opere correlate
- 57
- Utenti
- 55,603
- Popolarità
- #265
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 1,121
- ISBN
- 291
- Lingue
- 9
- Preferito da
- 221
From the beginning, the author makes the case that what the Wright Brothers did they did separate from religious influence which sometimes dominated their lives. Their father was a church Bishop, but he encouraged his children to be free thinkers and even encouraged them to read "The Great Agnostic", Robert Ingersoll (17). It was apparently from Ingersoll's writing that the brothers stopped regular church attendance, a change the Bishop seems to have accepted without protest. (18) These delimiting adverbs reveal that the statements are not rooted in archival evidence, which belies a theme. If there was no religious influence, why did they still attend church, and refuse to break the sabbath? (172)
In his summary of the culture of Kitty Hawk when the brothers arrived there, McCullough relates the curt anecdote that their first host described the residents as religious bumpkins who believed that "God did not intend that man should ever fly." (48) Why is this in the narrative when the 'bumpkin' who related this tidbit, former area Postmaster Tate, became an avid field hand to the brothers? Which is it - opposition or support from the religious locals?
Anyway, what McCullough portrays as the sources of the success of these aeronauts is:
1) their primary scientific research. Before they first arrived at Kitty Hawk, they had studied and/or corresponded with noted aviation pioneers like Otto Lilienthal and Octave Chanute; they corresponded with the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Weather Bureau.
2) It was "the patient perseverance of men well born and well reared" that made their many trials possible (114).
Right to the end, the fame and accolades bestowed on the Wright Brothers did not 'change them nor turn their heads in the least.' (251) There was no boasting . . . "They are the imperturbable men from home." (251)
I contend this is a McCullough spin. e.g., he blithely notes they were lodging in luxury hotels in later years and Wilber fought over patent suits to protect his claims and refuted Chanute over their reputation (249). The story would read differently had these features been developed; more than the slight reference to the efforts of the brothers to sue to preserve their reputation, fueled by their great "pride of accomplishment." (255) Also, they built a grand new house (mansion, 256). Sounds like 'change' to me.… (altro)