For more than two decades, Mccullough has fascinated readers with Portraits of exceptional men and women who not only have shaped the course of History but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition.
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..
Different as they are from each other, McCullough\'s subjects have in common a rare vitality and sense of purpose.
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-Exup ry 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.
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.
From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, these are stories of people of great vision and daring whose achievements continue to inspire us today, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.
From Harriet Beecher Stowe to a young Theodore Roosevelt, the subjects possess a sense of purpose that make for unforgettable reading.
For more than two decades, Mccullough has fascinated readers with Portraits of exceptional men and women who not only have shaped the course of History but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition
