David McCullough (1933–2022)
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood,… (2011) 16 Exemplare
David McCullough American History : John Adams; 1776; Truman; the Course of Human Events (2011) 16 Exemplare
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David McCullough: The Presidential Biographies: John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, and Truman (1982) 14 Exemplare
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Faces 2 Exemplare
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Empires: Napoleon : Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman [2006 TV episode] (2000) — Erzähler — 12 Exemplare
American Experience: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter [1988 TV episode] (1980) — Erzähler — 11 Exemplare
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American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance [1988 TV episode] (1988) — Erzähler — 7 Exemplare
American Experience: Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad [1990 TV episode] (2007) — Erzähler — 3 Exemplare
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The Great Air Race of 1924 [1989 film] — Erzähler — 1 Exemplar
American Experience: A Family Gathering [1989 TV episode] — Erzähler — 1 Exemplar
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American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues [1988 TV episode] — Erzähler — 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- McCullough, David Gaub
- Geburtstag
- 1933-07-07
- Todestag
- 2022-08-07
- Begräbnisort
- West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Sterbeort
- Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Wohnorte
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Ausbildung
- Yale University (B.A. ∙ English ∙ 1955)
Linden Avenue Grade School
Shady Side Academy - Berufe
- historian
biographer
television host - Beziehungen
- Lawson, Dorie McCullough (daughter)
McCullough, Rosalee Barnes (wife)
McCulllough, Hax (brother)
Wilder, Thornton (teacher)
Warren, Robert Penn (teacher) - Organisationen
- Skull and Bones (Yale University)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 2006) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 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) (Zeige alle 9)
Christopher Life Achievement Award (2008)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Award (2012)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2000) - Agent
- Morton Janklow
- Kurzbiographie
- 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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A well written book that filled a gap in ,y knowledge of US-French relations and French history. I had no idea how close we were with the French up until post WWII and the culture and science that seeped back to early America via these artists, doctors and engineers. Had a little too much of Gaudens and Cassatt but so many names I had vaguely heard of filled that time and cultural space. The book brought my mind closer to an earlier America that was not only questing west but east as well.
Review of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
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.… (mehr)
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.… (mehr)
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.
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(Print: (2005) June 27, 2006; 978-074322672; Simon & Schuster;386 pages)
*Audio-CD: 5/24/2005; 9780743544238; Simon & Schuster Audio; duration 11:41:22 (10 discs); Unabridged.
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(Film: Yes).
NOTE: (I'd been keeping an Excel list of CD's, Prints, and Cassettes as I read/listened, that I am now adding here, so that I have all of the materials I have already "read" in one place. I did not review them at the time, so , depending on how well memory serves in each case, reviews here will probably be especially sketchy.)
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SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
How I picked it: It was a book on CD available at the Newport Beach Friends of the Library book sale. I like history, so purchased it for $10.00.
What it’s about: Historical times and figures.
What I thought: I found it educational and interesting.
AUTHOR:
McCullough, David:
“David Gaub McCullough (/məˈkʌlə/; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, popular historian, and lecturer.[2] He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.[2][3]
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968); and he has since written nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Wright brothers. McCullough has also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; and he hosted American Experience for twelve years.
McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.” __Wikipedia
NARRATOR:
McCullough, David:
Mr. McCullough has a voice that is easy to listen to-his diction is clear, but, I will place him in the category of authors who like to read their own works, but may not be the best choice. It’s pretty common with non-fiction authors though.
GENRE:
Biography; Autobiography; History; non-fiction; military; American Revolution; American Revolutionary War
LOCATIONS:
Boston, MA; Brooklyn, NY; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
TIME FRAME
18th Century
SUBJECTS:
British-American relations; Revolutionary War; George Washington; King George III; Nathanael Greene; Henry Knox; William Howe; Battles; Declaration of Independence
DEDICATION
For Rosalee Barnes McCullough
SAMPLE QUOTATION:
From “Chapter One Sovereign Duty”
“George III had been twenty-two when, in 1760, he succeeded to the throne, and to a remarkable degree he remained a man of simple tastes and few pretensions. He liked plain food and drank but little, and wine only. Defying fashion, he refused to wear a wig. That the palace at St. James’s had become a bit dowdy bothered him not at all. He rather liked it that way. Socially awkward at Court occasions–many found him disappointingly dull–he preferred puttering about his farms at Windsor dressed in farmer’s clothes. And in notable contrast to much of fashionable society and the Court, where mistresses and infidelities were not only an accepted part of life, but often flaunted, the King remained steadfastly faithful to his very plain Queen, the German princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Streliz, with whom by now he had produced ten children. (Ultimately there would be fifteen.) Gossips claimed Farmer George’s chief pleasures were a leg of mutton and his plain little wife.”
RATING:
4 stars.
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