![]() ![]() ![]() In the process, it sheds light on pioneers everywhere.Ĭopyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. His latest book, “The Pioneers,” continues in this vein, chronicling the first permanent white settlement in the Northwest Territory. But more often he has chosen to shine a lantern into the underappreciated corners of American history, such as the 1889 flood in Johnstown, Pa., or, for that matter, the life of Harry Truman. McCullough has taken on a few epic stories, such as the building of the Panama Canal. The Pioneers David McCullough talked about his book, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, in which he read more Report Video Issue 0 seconds of. David McCullough (19332022) 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. ![]() ![]() He is also one of our most decorated, having earned two Pulitzer Prizes (for “John Adams” and “Truman”) and two National Book Awards (for “The Path Between the Seas” and “Mornings on Horseback”), not to mention the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In the five decades since publishing his first book, “The Johnstown Flood,” David McCullough has become perhaps our best-loved chronicler of America’s past. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Audio CD CD, by David McCullough (Author), John Bedford Lloyd (Reader) 7,985 ratings Editors pick Best History Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. A painting by Charles Sullivan shows locally built boats off the shore of Marietta, Ohio, ca. ![]()
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