David McCullough

America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation's birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America's survival in the hands of George Washington.
In this masterful book, David McCullough...

The story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest idea.

The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers—bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that the age...

This is the story of the Revolutionary War during the nation's tumultuous beginning, and those who, at great sacrifice, fought for what we assume to be our rightful heritage and precious ideals. It's the story of King George III of England, George Washington, Nathanael Greene, William Howe, men in the ranks, soldiers' wives, camp followers, and innocent bystanders. It's a testimony to how much is owed to a rare few and what a miracle it was that things...

Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States.

During 1870 the idea of a great bridge to span the East River between New York and Brooklyn required a vision and determination comparable to that needed to build the Pyramids. The history of an engineering miracle a, narrative of a decade, its heroes and rascals with those who had a hand in this grea enterprise.

David McCullough never expected that his commencement speech in 2012 would go viral and be talked about all over the world. Now he gives insights to that speech, school, family, and life in general in a witty and poignant way that is good for parents and teens.

During 1870 the idea of a great bridge to span the East River between New York and Brooklyn required a vision and determination comparable to that needed to build the Pyramids. The history of an engineering miracle a, narrative of a decade, its heroes and rascals with those who had a hand in this grea enterprise.

This is the story of the Revolutionary War during the nation's tumultuous beginning, and those who, at great sacrifice, fought for what we assume to be our rightful heritage and precious ideals. It's the story of King George III of England, George Washington, Nathanael Greene, William Howe, men in the ranks, soldiers' wives, camp followers, and innocent bystanders. It's a testimony to how much is owed to a rare few and what a miracle it was that things...