Product Details
Simon & Schuster, November 1992
Trade Paperback, 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0671792768
ISBN-13: 9780671792763
Description
The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition.
Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher Stowe, "the little woman who made the big war"; Frederic Remington; the extraordinary Louis Agassiz of Harvard; Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and their fellow long-distance pilots Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Beryl Markham; Harry Caudill, the Kentucky lawyer who awakened the nation to the tragedy of Appalachia; and David Plowden, a present-day photographer of vanishing America.
Different as they are from each other, McCullough's subjects have in common a rare vitality and sense of purpose. These are brave companions: to each other, to David McCullough, and to the reader, for with rare storytelling ability McCullough brings us into the times they knew and their very uncommon lives.
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Cleveland Plain DealerIf you enjoy good stories well told about interesting people and places, you should read this book. You will learn something about history
-- and also about good historical writing.
The New York Times Book ReviewMcCullough's portrayals...are models of compression, perspective, and the discriminating use of detail, and of what the author calls "the possibilities for self-expression in writing narrative history."
Dallas Morning NewsIt will come as no surprise to the reader to learn that Mr. McCullough's first ambition was to be a portrait painter. He has supplied us with admirable portraits....All his subjects come alive.
David McCullough's Books
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John Adams Movie Tie-InIn this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often...Read More -
John AdamsIn this basis for the hit HBO miniseries, David McCullough shares the adventurous life of John Adams, one of our most fascinating founding fathers.Read More
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Mornings on HorsebackWinner of the National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is David McCullough’s brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt.Read More
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Great BridgeDavid McCullough offers a classic account of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the greatest engineering feats of all time.Read More
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Johnstown FloodFROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JOHN ADAMSAt the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town...Read More
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The Course of Human EventsIn this short speech, the master historian tracks the founding fathers' and his own fascination with all things historical.Read More
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Path Between The SeasThe bestselling and dramatically epic tale of the creation of the Panama Canal, from acclaimed historian David McCullough.Read More
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American Heritage's Great Minds of American HistoryIn a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history. American...Read More
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