Quote by: David McCullough

To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is." [ ; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid McCullough
  • DescriptionAmerican historian and author
  • BornJuly 7, 1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Historian; Biographer
  • WorksTruman; John Adams
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Pulitzer Prize For Biography Or Autobiography; National Book Award; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; National Humanities Medal