

The McCulloughs have five children and nine grandchildren. where he is the Sunday night spaghetti chef. He and his wife Rosalee Barnes McCullough live in West Tisbury, MA. He graduated from Yale with honors in English literature. McCullough was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1933. McCullough as the host of TheĪmerican Experience, and as narrator of Ken Burns' The Civil War As a near-sighted asthmatic myself, I love the stories of how he developed the idea of the strenuous life to overcome his ailments and went on to become one of the most admired and beloved figures in United States history. He is currently at work on a book about Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough Theodore Roosevelt is one of my all-time heroes. McCullough's other historical works include The Johnstown Flood (1968) The Great Bridge (1972), the story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge The Path Between the Seas (1977), which chronicles the creation of the Panama Canal Mornings on Horseback (1981), about the young Theodore Roosevelt and Brave Companions (1992), essays on heroic figures past and present. The Wright Brothers The Wright Brothers is a 2015 book by David McCullough.

The Pioneers The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West is a 2019 book by David McCullough. It has sold more than one million copies. 10 Best Books Written by David McCullough 1. It was on the New York Times' hardcover bestsellers list for 43 weeks. The book was ten years in the making and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1993. McCullough is the author of a highly acclaimed biography of the 33rd President of the United States entitled, Truman (1992). He also appears on the PBS television program adapted from the book.

David McCullough wrote the essay on Harry Truman for the book Character Above All, published earlier this year by Simon & Schuster.
