David McCullough Author Biography
Photograph by William B. McCullough
David McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a "master
of the art of narrative history," "a matchless writer." He is twice winner of
the National Book Award, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In December 2006 he
received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian
award.
His books have been praised for their scholarship, their
understanding of American life, their "vibrant prose," and insight into
individual character. 1776, the number
one New York Times national bestseller in both hardcover and paperback,
has been called, "brilliant... powerful," "a classic," while his previous work,
John Adams, remains one of the most critically acclaimed and widely read...
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