David McCullough (1933–2022)
Auteur de John Adams
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de David McCullough
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became… (1981) 2,851 exemplaires
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (2019) 1,918 exemplaires
David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood,… (2011) 16 exemplaires
David McCullough American History : John Adams; 1776; Truman; the Course of Human Events (2011) 16 exemplaires
Ken Burns' America Collection (Brooklyn Bridge/The Statue of Liberty/Empire of the Air/The Congress/Thomas Hart… (1996) — Narrateur — 14 exemplaires
David McCullough: The Presidential Biographies: John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, and Truman (1982) 14 exemplaires
Great Moments in History: 1776 / The Johnstown Flood / Path Between the Seas / The Great Bridge / The Course of Human… (2011) 8 exemplaires
American History 8 exemplaires
Why history? : remarks by David McCullough in acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished… 4 exemplaires
John Adams: Part 1: Join or Die [2008 TV series] — Writer — 3 exemplaires
Faces 2 exemplaires
The Lessons of History 1 exemplaire
David McCullough American Presidents E-Book Box Set: John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, Truman, The Course of Human… 1 exemplaire
John Adams, Volume 1 (Unabridged) 1 exemplaire
The Brooklyn Bridge 1 exemplaire
John Adams, Volume 2 (Unabridged) 1 exemplaire
The Autobiography of an Execution 1 exemplaire
Short Stories 1 exemplaire
America and France : the historic ties that bind 1 exemplaire
Timeless Leadership 1 exemplaire
Great Bridge: Volume Two 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (1999) — Contributeur — 1,774 exemplaires
What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2003) — Contributeur — 503 exemplaires
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contributeur — 464 exemplaires
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributeur — 429 exemplaires
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Préface — 109 exemplaires
Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word: Twenty-Five Years of Book Cover Art (1995) — Introduction — 40 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (1992) — Author "Truman Fires MacArthur" — 16 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "The Revolution's Dunkirk" — 15 exemplaires
American Experience: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring [1993 TV episode] (1993) — Narrateur — 13 exemplaires
Empires: Napoleon : Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman [2006 TV episode] (2000) — Narrateur — 12 exemplaires
American Experience: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter [1988 TV episode] (1980) — Narrateur — 11 exemplaires
American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn [1992 TV episode] (1992) — Narrateur — 10 exemplaires
The Way West: How the West Was Lost and Won, 1845-1893 [1995 TV series] (1995) — Introduction — 8 exemplaires
American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance [1988 TV episode] (1988) — Narrateur — 7 exemplaires
American Experience: Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad [1990 TV episode] (2007) — Narrateur — 3 exemplaires
American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry [1991 TV episode] (1991) — Narrateur — 2 exemplaires
American Experience: Andrew Carnegie, The Richest Man in the World [1997 TV episode] — Narrateur — 2 exemplaires
The Great Air Race of 1924 [1989 film] — Narrateur — 1 exemplaire
American Experience: A Family Gathering [1989 TV episode] — Narrateur — 1 exemplaire
American Experience: Spy in the Sky [1996 TV episode] — Narrateur — 1 exemplaire
Reader's Digest Today's Nonfiction Best Sellers 1977 Good Evening Everybody | Lovey | Zoo Vet | The Path Between the… 1 exemplaire
American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues [1988 TV episode] — Narrateur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- McCullough, David Gaub
- Date de naissance
- 1933-07-07
- Date de décès
- 2022-08-07
- Lieu de sépulture
- West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, Etats-Unis
- Lieu du décès
- Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, Etats-Unis
Washington, District of Columbia, Etats-Unis
West Tisbury, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis
New York, New York, Etats-Unis
Boston, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis - Études
- Université de Yale (B.A., Littérature anglaise, 19 51 | 19 55)
Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, Etats-Unis
Linden Avenue Grade School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, Etats-Unis - Professions
- Professeur (Histoire)
Historien - Relations
- Lawson, Dorie McCullough (Fille)
McCullough, Rosalee Barnes (Epouse)
McCulllough, Hax (Frère)
Wilder, Thornton (Professeur)
Warren, Robert Penn (Professeur) - Organisations
- Skull and Bones (Yale University)
American Heritage, Magazine d'histoire (Editeur, Rédacteur)
Agence d'information des États-Unis à Washington, DC
Sports illustrated (Stagiaire, 19 55)
Académie américaine des arts et des lettres (Membre, Littérature ∙ 2006)
Académie américaine des arts et sciences (Membre) - Prix et distinctions
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1995)
Médaille présidentielle de la Liberté, Etats-Unis (2006)
Jefferson Lecture (2003)
Charles Frankel Prize (1995)
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award
National Humanities Medal (1995) (tout afficher 12)
Christopher Life Achievement Award (2008)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Award (2012)
Pulitzer Prize (for 'Truman', 20 02)
Pulitzer Prize (for 'Adams', 19 93)
Officier de la Légion d'honneur (2014)
Plus de 40 doctorats honoris causa - Agent
- Morton Janklow
- Courte biographie
- 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.
Membres
Discussions
The Path Between the Seas group read à 2013 Category Challenge (Novembre 2013)
Critiques
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.… (plus d'informations)
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.… (plus d'informations)
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.
Listes
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Best Biographies (2)
Founding Father (1)
French Books (1)
Disaster Books (1)
John Adams Books (1)
Sonlight Books (1)
Really awesome (1)
Simon & Schuster (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Unread books (3)
The Presidents (2)
To Read (2)
My List (2)
Wish to read (1)
Central America (1)
Ben Franklin (1)
Revolutions (1)
Prix et récompenses
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 52
- Aussi par
- 57
- Membres
- 55,717
- Popularité
- #265
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 1,124
- ISBN
- 291
- Langues
- 9
- Favoris
- 221
(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.
(Digital: Yes)
(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.)
SERIES
N/A
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.
STARTED-FINISHED
8/16/2010 - 9/30/2010… (plus d'informations)