David McCullough (1933–2022)
Autor de John Adams
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de David McCullough
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became… (1981) 2,839 copias
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (2019) 1,908 copias
David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood,… (2011) 16 copias
David McCullough American History : John Adams; 1776; Truman; the Course of Human Events (2011) 16 copias
Ken Burns' America Collection (Brooklyn Bridge/The Statue of Liberty/Empire of the Air/The Congress/Thomas Hart… (1996) — Narrador — 14 copias
David McCullough: The Presidential Biographies: John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, and Truman (1982) 12 copias
Great Moments in History: 1776 / The Johnstown Flood / Path Between the Seas / The Great Bridge / The Course of Human… (2011) 8 copias
American History 8 copias
John Adams: Part 1: Join or Die [2008 TV series] — Writer — 3 copias
Faces 2 copias
The Lessons of History 1 copia
The Brooklyn Bridge 1 copia
Short Stories 1 copia
Timeless Leadership 1 copia
Great Bridge: Volume Two 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (1999) — Contribuidor — 1,771 copias
What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2003) — Contribuidor — 501 copias
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contribuidor — 463 copias
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contribuidor — 429 copias
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Prólogo — 109 copias
Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word: Twenty-Five Years of Book Cover Art (1995) — Introducción — 40 copias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1992 (1992) — Author "Truman Fires MacArthur" — 15 copias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "The Revolution's Dunkirk" — 14 copias
Empires: Napoleon : Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman [2006 TV episode] (2000) — Narrador — 12 copias
American Experience: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter [1988 TV episode] (1980) — Narrador — 11 copias
The Way West: How the West Was Lost and Won, 1845-1893 [1995 TV series] (1995) — Introducción — 8 copias
American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance [1988 TV episode] (1988) — Narrador — 7 copias
American Experience: Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad [1990 TV episode] (2007) — Narrador — 3 copias
American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry [1991 TV episode] (1991) — Narrador — 2 copias
American Experience: Andrew Carnegie, The Richest Man in the World [1997 TV episode] — Narrador — 2 copias
The Great Air Race of 1924 [1989 film] — Narrador — 1 copia
American Experience: A Family Gathering [1989 TV episode] — Narrador — 1 copia
American Experience: Spy in the Sky [1996 TV episode] — Narrador — 1 copia
American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues [1988 TV episode] — Narrador — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- McCullough, David Gaub
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1933-07-07
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2022-08-07
- Lugar de sepultura
- West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- Yale University (B.A. ∙ English ∙ 1955)
Linden Avenue Grade School
Shady Side Academy - Ocupaciones
- historian
biographer
television host - Relaciones
- Lawson, Dorie McCullough (daughter)
McCullough, Rosalee Barnes (wife)
McCulllough, Hax (brother)
Wilder, Thornton (teacher)
Warren, Robert Penn (teacher) - Organizaciones
- Skull and Bones (Yale University)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 2006) - Premios y honores
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1995)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006)
Jefferson Lecture (2003)
Charles Frankel Prize (1995)
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award
National Humanities Medal (1995) (mostrar todos 9)
Christopher Life Achievement Award (2008)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Award (2012)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2000) - Agente
- Morton Janklow
- Biografía breve
- 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.
Miembros
Debates
The Path Between the Seas group read en 2013 Category Challenge (noviembre 2013)
Reseñas
JOHN ADAMS por Tom Hooper
Miniserie de TV (7 episodios). Vida de John Adams, uno de los padres fundadores de los Estados Unidos. El mandato de Adams como segundo presidente de E.E.U.U. (1797-1801) refleja la incertidumbre que rodeó el nacimiento de este país. Adams fue el abogado defensor de los soldados británicos que, en 1770, protagonizaron la "masacre de Boston". Tras ganar el caso, fue invitado a participar en el Congreso Continental. Su prestigio se consolidó tanto que llegó a ser vicepresidente con George Washington y después presidente.… (más)
Un día de invierno del año 1903 en el remoto paraje de Outer Banks, Carolina del Norte, dos hermanos de Ohio hasta entonces desconocidos, Wilbur y Orville Wright, cambiaron el rumbo de la historia iniciando la era del vuelo con la primera máquina a motor tripulada más pesada que el aire. Los hermanos Wright fueron hombres de excepcional talento, férrea determinación y gran curiosidad intelectual, cualidades que ellos atribuían a su educación.
Muy bueno, se lee como una novela y a la vez parece hisotricamente correcto. Nos pinta las facciones de la independencia y como desde el 1er momento existía el problema Norte Sur.
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- Popularidad
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- Valoración
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
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- Favorito
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