David McCullough
David McCullough
David Gaub McCulloughis an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth7 July 1933
CityPittsburgh, United States
CountryUnited States of America
library democracy portal
Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
growing-up moving book
There are innumerable writing problems in an extended work. One book took a little more than six years. You, the writer, change in six years. The life around you changes. Your family changes. They grow up. They move away. The world is changing. You're also learning more about the subject. By the time you're writing the last chapters of the book, you know much more than you did when you started at the beginning.
death men determined
They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
writing love-is thinking
I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.
past firsts argument
First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.
war inspiration september-11
Since September 11, it seems to me that never in our lifetime, except possibly in the early stages of World War II, has it been clearer that we have as a source of strength, a source of direction, a source of inspiration - our story.
writing years research
I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research.
mean sides hard
I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.
inspirational congratulations persons
There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
poet companion whole-life
Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life.
worry weight
He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.
country people history
Napoleon could never imagine that some people loved their country as much as he loved his own.
democracy knows ifs
You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.
important way who-we-are
I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who we are and how we came to be the way we are.