![]() ![]() Perhaps only a McCullough treatment of Truman could've topped the New York Times best-seller list for nearly a year the biography was a publishing sensation in 1992. McCullough seemed undaunted by his topics they were fun for him and he made the subjects enchanting for readers. He wrote about epic figures, from Theodore Roosevelt to the Wright Brothers. The shaping of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. THROUGH most of his nearly eight years as President, Harry Truman was profoundly unpopular. The building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. ![]() The subjects McCullough tackled were massive. David McCullough Truman Paperback Jby David McCullough (Author) 1,185 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.99 300 Used from 0.99 49 New from 9.85 13 Collectible from 27. McCullough died Sunday at his home in Hingham, Mass., according to his publishers Simon and Schuster. ![]() He was a bravura historian and public intellectual whose biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams won Pulitzer Prizes, and whose best-selling stories of American accomplishment were complemented by his work as a public television host and narrator for popular movies and documentaries, including Ken Burns' The Civil War. The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling biography of Americas founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series. He wrote extensively and compellingly about American history and won two Pulitzer Prizes.ĭavid McCullough has died. Historian David McCullough, shown here in 2013, has died at 89. ![]()
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